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April 2016

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I F S O M E O N E I S too intoxicated to say no to sex, it doesn't mean they are saying yes, explains Susan Garcia to students. And if someone is silent or doesn't tell the other person to stop, it is also not the same as saying yes. "Someone needs to say the word yes — or there will be a four-letter word attributed to the action, and that's rape," Garcia tells wide-eyed students in her middle school health class at Colin Powell Academy. It's important that they understand the concept " Yes means yes," says Garcia, Teachers Association of Long Beach. It may pre- vent a rape or sexual abuse. It could also prevent someone from mistakenly thinking someone else has agreed to sex when they haven't — and being prosecuted for sexual assault. The New Facts of Life Educators welcome updated sex ed laws By SHERRY POSNICK- GOODWIN Photos by SCOTT BUSCHMAN Susan Garcia at Colin Powell Academy thinks middle schoolers need to think about issues related to sex before they are pressured to engage in activity. High school students Kermena Yousif and Nafe Nafe act out a scene on affirmative consent in Reuben Steinglass' class. 38 cta.org

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