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''That's extraordinary, one in five boys saying you don't need to obtain consent''

One in five teenage boys does not believe it is always necessary to get consent before engaging i...

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17.12 24 Aug 2021


''That's extraordinary, one in five boys saying you don't need to obtain consent''


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17.12 24 Aug 2021


One in five teenage boys does not believe it is always necessary to get consent before engaging in sexual activity. That is according to a new study by NUI Galway’s Active Consent programme. 

It surveyed 600 students aged between 15 and 17 years of age and the results show the difference in perception of consent among males and females. 

Dr Caroline West, outreach coordinator of Active Consent and is the host of the Glow West sexual wellness podcast, and teacher Mark Twohig who talks students through relationships and sexual wellbeing joined Anton on the show...

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