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Opinion Piece: Supreme Court decides on the definition of consent, part II: The Ruling.
Last year, I wrote an article about a case before the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the definition of sexual consent. The question was: is consent to protected sex separate from consent to unprotected sex? On July 29, the court ruled, yes. The case is called R v. Kirkpatrick. Ross Kirkpatrick was accused of sexual assault because he didn’t wear a condom when his partner asked him to. Removing or not putting a condom on behind a partner’s back is known as 'stealthing'. The incident happened in March 2017, when the complainant (Jane Doe) met Kirkpatrick on Tinder and decided
How Are UWindsor Students Feeling in the Wake of Sexual Assault Reports & Allegations at Western University?
Trigger Warning: This article includes discussions of sexual assault which may be upsetting to some readers. On Friday, September 17, at noon, about 9,000 students at Western University participated in a walkout from class, as reported by Global News. The goal of this walkout? To protest what students termed “a culture of misogyny” on campus following a series of sexual assault reports and allegations the week prior. Allegations that up to 30 women were drugged and sexually assaulted at Medway-Sydenham Hall—a first-year residence at the University—surfaced online, as reported by CBC News. These allegations have not been confirmed or formally