New York and California Fight Sexual Assault Epidemic With Affirmative Consent

New York state universities are following California’s direction in changing the college hook-up requisites from a passive yes to a direct “yes.”
New York and California Fight Sexual Assault Epidemic With Affirmative Consent
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New York state universities are following California’s direction in changing the college hook-up requisites from a passive yes to a direct “yes.”

By asking for “affirmative consent,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who announced reforms to the SUNY sexual assault policy last Thursday at a meeting with the board of trustees, hopes to fight off what he sees as an “epidemic of sexual violence in this country.”

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