{"id":1684,"date":"2021-01-11T11:57:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T11:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariestopes.org.kh\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2024-03-25T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T13:55:59","slug":"what-is-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariestopes.org.kh\/km\/help-advice\/what-is-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"What is consent?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Once, consent was thought to be enough if it meant reciting the old rule of \u201cno is no\u201d. Today, that rule is no longer accepted, or rather it shouldn\u2019t have been accepted in the first place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s because real consent is not simply accepting rejection, but also giving respect to your partner\u2019s decision whatever it may be without making your partner feel bad about it through guilt-tripping or coaxing. In this blog, we will learn more about the true form of consent, and why it matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consent in legal context<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no specific clause in the Criminal Code of The Kingdom of Cambodia that mentions consent exclusively or extends upon that word. However, as written in Cambodia\u2019s Criminal Code (2009), rape is defined as, \u201cany act of sexual penetration with a sexual organ or an object committed against another person of either sex by violence, coercion, threat or by being opportunistic.\u201d [[1]<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This mention of sex by violence, coercion, threat or being opportunistic is rather reminiscent of what consent is, but it\u2019s\u200b not well-defined enough to prove effective in court or practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is affirmative consent?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern definition has upgraded consent to only be classified as such only if each partner expressed enthusiastic affirmation to any sexual act. This is called \u201caffirmative consent\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, affirmative consent can be easily defined as explicit, informed, and voluntary agreement to participate in a sexual act; i.e., yes means yes! That means that a sexual act should only be performed if the permission is asked of both partners, and both partners agree. Enthusiastically. Without being pressured mentally or physically by any means. [[2]<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s strictly not affirmative consent when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n