Theme of the Month - Consent

What is Consent?

As defined legally by Section 74 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003:

‘A person consents if he [she/they] agrees by choice and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice.’

The Act refers to consent as being an agreement between two people to engage in sex or sexual activity. Sexual offences are serious crimes that only the perpetrator is to blame for. No blame should be given to anyone who experiences such acts.