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Quiz Time - Answer 1 - Family Planning Association

Lesson 5: Sex Script: Consent

Quiz Time – Answer 1

Question

  • What does sexual consent mean?

Answer

  • Consent means agreeing to do something.
  • When it comes to sex, this means someone agreeing to take part in sexual activity. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 states that a person has consented if ‘he or she agrees by choice and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice.’
  • Any sort of sexual contact without consent is illegal whatever the age of the people involved.