The European Parliament just backed a EU-wide consent-based definition of rape under the banner ''only yes means yes''.

Now fate has it that more than 7 years ago, I wrote my master's thesis on why ''consent based'' rape legislation is actually a bad idea, so I figured why not translate and repost a (shorted and popularized) opinion piece I published on the matter back in the days here on X:

https://x.com/i/status/2049492469788631482