#FGKIA: Joyce Short & Nina Lucas On Defining Consent

<p><b>A Little Bit Culty – </b><br/><b>Consent is one of the most misunderstood words of all time, and in the confusion surrounding it, bad actors find loopholes. According to today’s guests, defining consent in penal code is key to prosecuting sex crimes and preventing sexual assaults. Joyce Short has fought to define consent for over a decade. A sexual assault survivor, she has written 3 books on the subject. Her most recent, </b><a href='http://bitly/YourConsentE'><b>&quot;Your Consent - The Key to Conquering Sexual Assault,&quot;</b></a><b> lay the foundation for New York&apos;s current bills, #A6540 and #S6200, defining &quot;consent&quot; in penal law. She is a </b><a href='http://bit.ly/DefineConsent'><b>TEDx Talk Presenter</b></a><b> and the Founder and Director of the </b><a href='http://consentawareness.net/'><b>Consent Awareness Network (CAN</b></a><b>): A coalition whose mission is to correctly define consent for society and to properly define it in laws and statutes across the US and around the world. She joins the podcast today with CAN Chief of Staff and Consent Outreach Ambassador Nina Lucas to talk about bill A6540, a piece of legislation currently in committee in New York state that seeks to define consent and clarify the definition of lawful sexual conduct. Today’s episode wraps Season One of A Little Bit Culty with the opposite of word salad around the issue of consent, followed by a clear call to action: Spread the word about #FGKIA, and help bill A6540 get out of committee. <br/><br/>Learn more at: <br/></b><a href=' https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6540'><b>Assembly Bill A6540</b></a><b><br/><br/></b><a href='https://www.change.org/p/ny-state-assembly-member-rebecca-seawright-support-bill-a6540-to-define-consent-in-penal-law?recruiter=false&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;recruited_by_id=fd456680-a133-11eb-b63a-4bc1d4b9ac49'><b>Sign The Petition</b></a><a href='https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6540'><b><br/><br/></b></a><a href='https:/