Consent In Rape Law

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Consent is such an important issue in rape law because the two people involved in sextual intercource or planning to do it should both agree to it. If one person agree while the other doesn't that the one who does not should not be forced into it. It may be pleasure to one but it may be pain to the other. Then if there is no consent or agreement between those who are going to participate in sexual intercourse then the one who did not agree with it will be forcefully violated and would be participating in an act that was against their will. Consent can be demonstrated in a court of law by the individuals who participated in the activity stating that they agreed to it, that they signed some type of form or that they made sure that the person

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