This video perfectly explains sexual consent
BY READERS DIGEST
1st Jan 2015 Life
Thames Valley police force has released a simple but effective video that compares sexual consent to making a cup of tea.
A voiceover plays while genderless cartoon figures act out the process of making tea. “If they are unconscious, don’t make them tea. Unconscious people don’t want tea and can’t answer the question ‘do you want tea?’ because they are unconscious.”
Speaking to The Guardian, Detective Chief Inspector Justin Fletcher said, “The law is very clear. Sex without consent is rape. Awareness of what sexual consent means and how to get it is vital.”
The video comes amid global conversations about what constitutes consent, as news broke that Cambridge University is considering making consent classes compulsory in a bid to curb incidences of sexual violence.
