"Several years before the revelations around sexual harassment and misconduct in Hollywood sparked the #metoo movement, colleges and universities across America were reeling from a series of assaults that challenged the way sexual consent had been taught. The articles collected here detail the evolution of the debate, from individual cases that captured national attention to the implementation of California's Affirmative Consent law. Beyond highlighting the legal and administrative responses to these cases, this book also features stories of the consequences students have faced in their daily lives as they navigate the debate"--Provided by the publisher.

Includes index. Includes glossaries. At head of title: The New York Times.

Understanding sexual consent -- Getting to 'no' / by Susan Dominus -- The challenge of defining rape / by Ian Urbina -- When saying 'yes' is easier than saying 'no' / by Jessica Bennett -- Sex ed lesson: 'yes means yes,' but it's tricky / by Jennifer Medina -- Eric Schneiderman, consent and domestic violence / by Niraj Chokshi -- Can an 11-year-old consent to sex? / by Valentine Faure -- Who is the victim in the Anna Stubblefield case? / by Jeff Mcmahan and Peter Singer -- Consent on campus -- Campus sex...with a syllabus / by Jessica Bennett -- What the Weinstein effect can teach us about campus sexual assault / by Vanessa Grigoriadis -- On the front line of campus sexual misconduct / by Katherine Rosman -- Sex at Wesleyan: what's changed, what hasn't? An alumna asks / by Vanessa Grigoriadis -- 45 stories of sex and consent on campus / by the New York Times -- Looking for solutions -- Consent in the digital age: can apps solve a very human problem? / by Maya Salam -- The trouble with sex robots / by Laura Bates -- Equipping women to stop campus rape / by Tina Rosenberg -- Making consent cool / by Natalie Kitroeff -- Stepping up to stop sexual assault / by Michael Winerip -- Betsy DeVos reverses Obama-era policy on campus sexual assault investigations / by Stephanie Saul and Kate Taylor -- #MENTOO / by Alex Williams -- The affirmative consent debate -- 'Yes' is better than 'no' / by Michael Kimmel and Gloria Steinem -- When yes means yes / by the New York Times -- Hooking up at an affirmative-consent campus? It's complicated / by Emily Bazelon -- Affirmative consent: are students really asking? / by Sandy Keenan -- Regulating sex / by Judith Shulevitz -- At the college that pioneered the rules of consent, some students want more / by Katherine Rosman -- Key cases -- In Florida student assaults, an added burden on accusers / by Richard Pérez-Peña and Walt Bogdanich -- In a mattress, a lever for art and political protest / by Roberta Smith -- Columbia settles with student cast as a rapist in mattress art project / by Kate Taylor -- The St. Paul's rape case shows why sexual-assault laws must change / by Emily Bazelon -- Victim in New Hampshire prep school 'senior salute' case speaks out / by Christine Hauser -- In Standford rape case, Brock Turner blamed drinking and promiscuity / by Liam Stack -- Why the Stanford rape trial actually represents progress / by Emily Bazelon -- Judge drops rape case against U.S.C. student, citing video evidence / by Hannah Alani -- Aziz Ansari is guilty. Of not being a mind reader / by Bari Weiss -- Aziz, we tried to warn you / by Lindy West -- At Yale, trying campus rape in a court of law / by Vivian Wang -- Yale rape verdict shows how 'yes means yes' can be murkier in court / by Vivian Wang.