9月28日，加州州长Jerry Brown签署一道法案要求所有接受州资金进行学生财务援助的大学执行一道明确同意的标准，或者“是意味着是”。这意味着双方必须同意性接触，要么通过语言沟通或者清晰的非语言线索。此外，他们必须在一次邂逅的每一个阶段这么做。一个起初的对亲吻的同意并不构成对性交媾的同意。沉默或者缺乏抵抗并不意味着是。同意必须是持续的，而且可以在任何时候被废除。
On September 28th, Jerry Brown, California's governor, signed a bill requiring all universities[/colleges] [that] [receive] state money for student financial aid to execute[/enforce] a [standard of] affirmative consent /standard/, or yes means yes. This means both parties must /be consent to/ [agree to] sexual contact, either via[/through] verbal communication or clear, non-verbal cues. Moreover, they must do this[/so] [at] every[/each] sta[g]e of an encounter. An /yes to/ an initial [yes to a] kiss does not constitute [a] yes to sexual intercourse. Silence or lack of resistance do/es/ not mean yes. Consent must be continual and can be revoked at anytime.
除了哈佛之外的每一所常青藤院校现在已经采用了明确同意标准。该政策的支持者说它教导学生关于同意的本质并给予他们一个词汇表供他们在尴尬的性邂逅中适用。它非常清楚地告诉学生，没有同意的性是性攻击。批评者称这个方法企图把人类的性向弄碎塞进疯人院病服里。它实在跟成年人如何行动不一致。
Every [member of the] Ivy League except Harvard has [now] adopted the affirmative consent standard. Supporters of the policy say [that] it educates students about the nature of consent and gives them a vocabulary /for them/ to use [during] awkward sexual encounters. It [very] clearly tells students that sex without consent is sex[ual] assault. Critics say this[the] approach attempts[/tries] to crunch human[ sexuality] into a straightjacket. It is just not /in/ consistent with how adults act.
Cohn先生相信一个更好的政策将会是让学院和大学，相比自己处理性侵害投诉，而是把这类严重犯罪的指控直接转交给警察，后者由多年的法庭证据经验。当前许多案件听审方是大学纪律委员会，组成者是教授，院长和学生，通常没有法律训练。这类委员会当然不可以拘捕人，但是他们可以开除他么，而被一个伪司法团体贴上强奸犯的标签可能会会永久性地摧毁一个学生的名誉。
Mr Cohn believes a better policy will be for colleges and universities, rather than handling sex[ual] assault complaints themselves, [to] refer/ring/ such serious criminal allegations [directly] to [the] police who have had years of experience with forensic evidence. Currently most[/many] cases are heard by college disciplinary [composed] of professors, deans and students, often without legal training. Such committees cannot jail people of course, but they can expel them. A[nd] being labelled by a quasi-judicial body /as/ a rapist can ruin a student's reputation forever.
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Jerry Brown, California's governor
signed a bill requiring
colleges/universities
receive state money for student financial aid
enforce a standard of affirmative consent/yes means yes/adopted the affirmative consent standard
agree to/consent/yes
sexual contact/sexual intercourse/sexual encounters
verbal communication/clear, non-verbal cues
sex without consent is sexual assault
constitute/mean
Silence or lack of resistance
be continual / can be revoked
Every member of the Ivy League except Harvard
Supporters/critics
educates about /gives them a vocabulary to use
approach/standard/method
crunch human sexuality into a straitjacket/not consistent with how adults act/a better policy
refer to police
sexual assault complaints/allegations of such serious crimes
police/forensic evidence/cases are heard by/jail /expel
college disciplinary committees/quasi-judicial body
labelled a rapist/ruin a student's reputation for ever.
