Consent and the law

There are certain situations (which are outlined in the Crimes Amendment Act 2005 No 41 – Section 128A), when someone may have something sexual done to them, but they did not consentConsent
Is a free agreement between everyone involved in any sexual experience. A free agreement can not happen when someone is verbally, physically or emotionally forced or threatened, tricked, if someone is too wasted on drugs or alcohol or if they are under the age of 16. A free agreement means that everyone was keen on everything that was happening and they all knew what was going on..

This includes:

• If someone is forced or threatened into sexual experiences by being told that something may happen to them or someone else if they don’t allow the sexual activity to happen.
  
• If they are asleep or unconscious.
  
• If they are under the age of 16. If you want to learn more about the age of consentConsent
  Is a free agreement between everyone involved in any sexual experience. A free agreement can not happen when someone is verbally, physically or emotionally forced or threatened, tricked, if someone is too wasted on drugs or alcohol or if they are under the age of 16. A free agreement means that everyone was keen on everything that was happening and they all knew what was going on. click here.
  If they are so intoxicated by alcohol or drugs that they cannot make a conscious decision to consentConsent
  Is a free agreement between everyone involved in any sexual experience. A free agreement can not happen when someone is verbally, physically or emotionally forced or threatened, tricked, if someone is too wasted on drugs or alcohol or if they are under the age of 16. A free agreement means that everyone was keen on everything that was happening and they all knew what was going on..
  
  
• If they are affected by an intellectual impairment to a degree that they are unable to make a conscious decision to consentConsent
  Is a free agreement between everyone involved in any sexual experience. A free agreement can not happen when someone is verbally, physically or emotionally forced or threatened, tricked, if someone is too wasted on drugs or alcohol or if they are under the age of 16. A free agreement means that everyone was keen on everything that was happening and they all knew what was going on..
  
• If they agree to anything sexual, but they later find out that they were misled about what was going to happen .Like if someone consents to have sexSex
  Is different things people choose to do to actively express sexuality and sexual feelings; often this involves genitals, but not always. Other words used in place of “sex” could be “sexual activity”, “sexual experiences”, or just “sexual” – they all mean the same thing. Sex can involve one person (i.e. masturbation) or more. When we talk about sex, we are not just talking about a man putting his penis into a woman’s vagina – there are heaps of ways people can have sex.
  For sex to be fun, legal, respectful and pleasurable there must always be CONSENT.
  with their BF/GF at a party, but once they are in a room having sexSex
  Is different things people choose to do to actively express sexuality and sexual feelings; often this involves genitals, but not always. Other words used in place of “sex” could be “sexual activity”, “sexual experiences”, or just “sexual” – they all mean the same thing. Sex can involve one person (i.e. masturbation) or more. When we talk about sex, we are not just talking about a man putting his penis into a woman’s vagina – there are heaps of ways people can have sex.
  For sex to be fun, legal, respectful and pleasurable there must always be CONSENT.
  they realize it is not their BF/GF. They may have consentedConsented
  Is a free agreement between everyone involved in sexual stuff. A free agreement can not happen when someone is verbally, physically or emotionally forced or threatened, tricked, if someone is too wasted on drugs or alcohol or if they are under the age of 16. A free agreement means that everyone was keen on everything that was happening and they all knew what was going on. to have sexSex
  Is different things people choose to do to actively express sexuality and sexual feelings; often this involves genitals, but not always. Other words used in place of “sex” could be “sexual activity”, “sexual experiences”, or just “sexual” – they all mean the same thing. Sex can involve one person (i.e. masturbation) or more. When we talk about sex, we are not just talking about a man putting his penis into a woman’s vagina – there are heaps of ways people can have sex.
  For sex to be fun, legal, respectful and pleasurable there must always be CONSENT.
  , but not with that person.

A person does not have to verbally protest or physically resist to show that they do not consentConsent
Is a free agreement between everyone involved in any sexual experience. A free agreement can not happen when someone is verbally, physically or emotionally forced or threatened, tricked, if someone is too wasted on drugs or alcohol or if they are under the age of 16. A free agreement means that everyone was keen on everything that was happening and they all knew what was going on. to any sexual activity.