What is consent?

Consent is giving permission for something to happen. When you consent, it is given freely and voluntarily by a person with the cognitive capacity to do so.

You have the right to withdraw consent at any time during sexual activity:

• Even if you have consented to being with someone, you have have the right to say 'STOP' if you don’t want to do something.
• Consenting to one kind of sexual act does not automatically mean you consented to another.   

Consent is feeling...

• Confident

• Certain

• Comfortable

• Willing

• Sober

• Informed

• Respected

Consent is NOT being...

• Forced

• Threatened

• Intimidated

• Asleep

• Fearful

• Misled

• Drunk or high

• Disrespected

Meaning of consent - Queensland Criminal Code Act 1899 Section 348