Affirmative Consent in Sexual Offence Proceedings

Daly writes that punishment is one component of vindicating a victim, but it does not comprise accountability. By her definition, accountability involves an understanding of harm and an effort not to repeat it. The month after the parametic was sentenced, the new south wales criminal legislation was overhauled to include a requirement to establish affirmative consent in sexual offence proceedings. Affirmative consent switches some of the focus away from the victim and on to the perpetrator and what steps they took to attain consent. We internalize myths about what a person should do when someone is violating their body don't just live in the minds of jury members, lawyers or judges. Every question he asked was one i had asked myself