Consent requires six things: mutual desire without coercion, agreement only for the specific act, consent only in that moment, the ability to withdraw it anytime, legal capacity, and active enthusiasm. Past consent doesn't mean future consent. Any sign of unwillingness ends it.
How do you define consent? Consent is mutually wanted. That means you're not talking each other into this. All right? It is also specific. So if your partner says, can I kiss you? And you say yes, they don't get to do other things with you. You did not agree to that. It is also in the moment. So that means the second you say yes, that does not mean this will ever happen again. They'll say, well, we've done this 10 times before. Doesn't mean there'll be an 11th. It was in the moment. All right, it also means that it's free to be removed, which means the second your partner says stop, you must stop. If you— they— if somebody says, well, I can't control myself— by the way, can people talk like that, yes or no? Yeah. Yeah, and they sound like a predator, right? Then between partners of sound-minded legal agents, and then you want it enthusiastic. Put it all together, you got a really great answer.
