VolUNTary Consent

 

The consent campaign is a movement within UNT to spread awareness on what consent looks and sounds like. VolUNTary consent is sexy and is required prior to all sexual activity. This campaign is for our entire Mean Green Family.

What is consent?

Consent means words or actions that show an active, knowing, and voluntary agreement to engage in each instance of sexual activity. Consent cannot be obtained by force; coercion; manipulation; threats; or when an individual administers any substance to another person, without the person’s knowledge, that intentionally impairs the ability of the person to voluntarily consent. Consent is absent when the sexual activity in question exceeds the scope of previously given consent. Consent may be revoked at any time.

Learn the Lingo

Dating Violence

Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the survivor.
 
 
 
 

Domestic Violence

A felony or misdemeanor crime of a violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the survivor.
 
 
 
 

Retaliation

Any adverse action, treatment, or condition taken because of an individual's participation in a protected activity (i.e. made a report or complaint, testified, assisted, or participated or refused to participate in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing).
 

 

Sexual Assault

An offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape.
 
 
 
 

Sexual Coercion

The use of manipulation or threat to force someone to engage in a sexual act.
 
 
 
 

Sexual Exploitation

Taking non-consensual or abusive sexual advantage of an individual for the benefit of or advantage of anyone other than the person being exploited.
 
 

 

Stalking

Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to (1) fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or (2) suffer substantial emotional distress.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campus Resources

 

 

 

Local Resources

 

National Resources

 

 

How to Ask for Consent

Watch the videos in our playlist below to learn how to ask for consent and why asking for consent can be sexy.

 

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