exual act was accompanied by an effort to communicate with the woman with respect to her desire to have sex, what she wants or doesn't want in sex, whether she is having her desires met, and so on. In other words, as long as the communication is nonverbal, the male can declare that he believed consent was present through his interpretation of body language and other nonverbal signals.
It is argued by society and the law, as Pineau points out, that the woman is in part or wholly responsible for the sexual act occurring if she dresses provocatively or in some subtle way communicates t
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