Saying It, Showing It, and Just Going with It: Examining Individual and Situational Correlates of Sexual Consent Communication Among College Students

passive consent, while sexual behavior with a friend was associated with less passive consent. These findings highlight ways that consent education programming may be dismantling traditional sexual scripts for some subgroups of students. Future research should explore students' motivations for using specific communication tactics and how partners interpret these cues.

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The Journal of Sex Research
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2026-05-08
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2026.2666370
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Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
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Abstract

passive consent, while sexual behavior with a friend was associated with less passive consent. These findings highlight ways that consent education programming may be dismantling traditional sexual scripts for some subgroups of students. Future research should explore students' motivations for using specific communication tactics and how partners interpret these cues.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison (US), Yale University (US)
Gender equality
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