Tso's rant about rape statistics comes across as amazingly insensitive, but it also suggests an alarming incomprehension about the legal and ethical ramificatio

Tso's rant about rape statistics comes across as amazingly insensitive, but it also suggests an alarming incomprehension about the legal and ethical ramifications of consent. There are circumstances in which what we might call implied consent can be assumed unless explicitly withdrawn: a healthy, long-term, committed relationship in which both parties have a clearly and explicitly maintained understanding about it. Outside of such circumstances, consent should not be assumed - particularly when alcohol is involved. In this case, the concept of "no means no" may inadvertently do something of a disservice by implying that consent is given unless it is explicitly denied. Hence we now have the concept of "yes means yes", which indicates that consent is not given unless it is granted explicitly.