Consent is an affirmative, voluntary and knowing agreement to engage in sexual activity.
- Consent is not equivalent to the absence of no. Silence or the absence of resistance does not imply consent.
- Consent must be mutually and unambiguously communicated.
- Past consent does not imply future consent.
- Consent to engage in sexual activity with one person does not imply consent to engage in sexual activity with another.
- Consent can be withdrawn at any time.
- Coercion, force, or threat of either invalidates consent.
- Consent is only possible if all parties involved are able to act under their own free will.
- A person who is incapacitated cannot give consent. Incapacitation may result from the influence of alcohol or other drugs, when a person is asleep or unconscious, or because of a disability that prevents a person from having the capacity to give consent.