Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
In California, a bill that would require public universities adopt an "affirmative consent" standard when determining whether or not a sexual assault took place is on its way to a vote in the state Assembly.
Senate Bill 967, which passed the state Senate last month, defines consent as "an affirmative, unambiguous and conscious decision by each participant to to engage in mutually agreed-upon sexual activity" and adds that consent must be ongoing throughout a sexual encounter.
Kareem Aref, a student at UC Riverside and the president of the University of California Student Association, joins Take Two to explain his organization's support for the bill.