The French parliament today ratified an agreement to include the concept of consent to sex in the criminal definition of rape, marking the end of a long legislative process that ended with a vote in the Senate.
This allows France to join several countries that have already made this legal change.
The criminal code will now state that "any sexual act without consent" constitutes sexual assault, while it was previously defined as "any sexual act committed by violence, coercion, threats or exploitation of someone's vulnerability."
Consent to sex will also be explicitly defined in the law as "free and clear".
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