Carleton Students Talk About Affirmative Consent Policies
Carleton students Brit Fryer ’15 (Chicago) and Rebecca Spiro ’15 (Bethesda, Md.), who serve as student assistants in Carleton’s gender and sexuality center, spoke with KTTC-TV from Rochester, Minn., regarding affirmative consent policies related to sexual activities among students. The University of Minnesota student body is considering adopting affirmative consent, a policy that already exists at Carleton and two other Minnesota colleges and universities. “It’s not enough for someone to say ‘no’. They also have to say ‘yes’ to some kind of sexual act, or it’s not OK,” Spiro said. Fryer noted why he thinks this type of policy is gaining support at more schools across the country. “We’re in an age when people are more comfortable speaking out on their experiences. I think it’s something we’ve always dealt with, I think that the culture is shifting and that people are more open to talking about it. I think that’s why colleges are having to respond,” he said.
Carleton students Brit Fryer ’15 (Chicago) and Rebecca Spiro ’15 (Bethesda, Md.), who serve as student assistants in Carleton’s gender and sexuality center, spoke with KTTC-TV from Rochester, Minn., regarding affirmative consent policies related to sexual activities among students. The University of Minnesota student body is considering adopting affirmative consent, a policy that already exists at Carleton and two other Minnesota colleges and universities. “It’s not enough for someone to say ‘no’. They also have to say ‘yes’ to some kind of sexual act, or it’s not OK,” Spiro said. Fryer noted why he thinks this type of policy is gaining support at more schools across the country. “We’re in an age when people are more comfortable speaking out on their experiences. I think it’s something we’ve always dealt with, I think that the culture is shifting and that people are more open to talking about it. I think that’s why colleges are having to respond,” he said.