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TopicConsent

Topic: consent

Bumble and Tinder are talking consent. But it isn’t just about the ‘N’ word

Online dating in 2021 has expanded the conversation about consent.

Erection, signs of arousal not always ‘yes for sex’: Tinder wants users to understand consent

A new short film and a website explaining consent are part of Tinder's latest bid to stress on mutual consent as more Indians use the app, especially as Covid pandemic drags on.

When ‘help’ hurts – Being nice isn’t an excuse to touch a disabled person without consent

Most of my journeys involve fending off unwanted help. People take my arm, my shoulder, my waist, my white cane, and occasionally my dog guide leash.

Repeatedly said no, was tricked into hotel room, says 22-yr-old who accused TV anchor of rape

Varun Hiremath, who works with an English News channel, has been absconding for nearly a month after an FIR was registered against him accusing him of rape.  

Woman’s consent can’t be implied from past experience with rape accused, says Delhi court

The court dismissed a bail plea of a Mumbai-based journalist, saying that if the woman stated in her evidence that she did not consent, the court shall presume that she did not.

Fan of Mia Khalifa? Then you should support her right to withdraw consent from porn

Mia Khalifa’s request to have her porn videos removed is expanding the meaning of consent. Do former pornstars not have the right to be forgotten?

Sexual intercourse is consensual only if it is ‘welcomed’ by a woman: Kerala High Court

The bench of Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar also ruled that consent requires voluntary participation of women and passive give-in or helpless resignation cannot be construed as consent.

There are three things missing from Holi: Consent, personal space, and logic

The main problem is that somewhere Holi caters to the sadism that exists within most Indians.

Hey #MeToo activists, there’s a lot you don’t know about sex and assault in India

Members of the LGBT community tell ThePrint how they grapple with sexual assault and harassment in the times of #MeToo.

Thanks to Tinder, Indian women can finally ignore men without consequences

Decoding love and consent in the age of #MeToo and Tinder.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.