Editing Consent (section)

{{Short description|Voluntary agreement to another's proposal}}
{{Other uses|Consent (disambiguation)}}
{{Tort law|defenses}}

{{Criminal law}}

'''Consent''' occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another.<ref>{{Cite web |title=consent, n. |url=https://www.oed.com/oed2/00047775#:~:text=1.,%3B%20compliance%2C%20concurrence%2C%20permission. |access-date=2016-03-24 |website=www.oed.com |publisher=Oxford English Dictionary |edition=From the second edition (1989) |archive-date=2022-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507204310/https://www.oed.com/oed2/00047775#:~:text=1.,%3B%20compliance%2C%20concurrence%2C%20permission. |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions used in such fields as the [[law]], [[medicine]], [[research]], and [[sexual consent]]. Consent as understood in specific contexts may differ from its everyday meaning. For example, a person with a [[mental disorder]], a low [[mental age]], or under the legal [[age of sexual consent]] may willingly engage in a sexual act that still fails to meet the legal threshold for consent as defined by applicable law.

[[United Nations]] agencies and initiatives in [[sex education]] programs believe that teaching the topic of consent as part of a comprehensive sexuality education is beneficial.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002607/260770e.pdf|title=International technical guidance on sexuality education: An evidence-informed approach|publisher=UNESCO|year=2018|isbn=978-92-3-100259-5|location=Paris|pages=56}}</ref> Types of consent include [[implied consent]], express consent, [[informed consent]] and [[unanimous consent]].