Word: consents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this new dimension of dissent will work with the Harvard administration. If the law students or Derrick bell succeed in their legal action, it is not definite that there is anything they can do to force Harvard to hire certain people. There are too many factors--such as the consent of those to whom the University offers jobs--beyond the control of Harvard's faculty hiring committees...
...report's rape provisions that govern sexual intercourse, including such activities as vaginal sex and fellatio, apply penalties only to male offenders. The provisions permit the Administrative Board to sanction men for engaging in sex with a willing partner whom the Board later deems was incapable of "reasoned consent" because of alcohol intake. According to report coauthor Dean Janet Viggiani, mere alcohol influence, rather than full-fledged intoxication, can justify a rape conviction. A man can be convicted even if the sexual act was non-forcible and initiated by a woman less intoxicated than...
...report defines consensual sexual intercourse as rape by the male unless it occurs with "the expressed consent of the person" who is his partner. "Expressed consent" should not be confused with consent; it requires verbalizations or actions definable at the whim of the Ad Board. The expressed consent requirement restricts the freedom of choice for couples in long-term sexual relationships, who know the intimate preferences of their partners and are thus able to engage in sexual intercourse without discussing beforehand what types of acts they will perform. For example, the proposed rule would have branded a former hallmate...
...defining sex accompanied by implied consent as possible rape, the Task Force proposals provide a female partner with a weapon she can use against her ex-lover during the acrimony of breaking up. Rape charges motivated by spite, exceedingly rare under current rules, could proliferate if the proposed rape definition is adopted...
Included in the Task Force's definition of rape is "any act of sexual intercourse that occurs without the expressed consent of the person [either male or female], or is accompanied by physical force or threat of bodily injury." The policy goes on to state that "[I]ack of consent may be indicated physically or verbally and needs only to be expressed once." In addition, the Task Force called for a package of steps designed to increase awareness of the policy and the newly-written rules...