An 8th-grader cannot legally consent to sexual activity. The speaker distinguishes between informal agreement and legal consent, explaining that minors lack the legal capacity to give it. Any sexual act involving someone who cannot legally consent is sexual assault.
Is anybody in middle school, 8th grade or not, old enough to consent to what we are describing right now? Yes or no? No. Okay, that is a correct answer. Nobody in 8th grade can legally consent to what we're describing. So if they cannot— now what does consent mean? Consent means that you can legally, legally agree. You might actually say to each other, we want to do this. That's not legally agreeing. That's just agreeing. Because you're not of age, you can't legally agree. So let's pause. If somebody is doing something with somebody's body sexually that they cannot legally do, what are we suddenly talking about? Raise your hand if— what are we suddenly talking about if they're doing something with somebody's body they can't legally do? Sexual assault. That would be sexual assault. How many agree that would be a definition of sexual assault? Agree that's true? Say, that's true. That's true. That is true.
