Consent should not exist along a continuum between eager and acquiescent. But consent that is half-hearted is still consent for the purposes of the law. The principles of justice require the definition of rape to have regard to the mindset of the accused person – but there is no need for survivors to have this same regard when naming their own experience.

March in March – a stream of protests demonstrating a ‘vote of no confidence’ in government policies – has taken place across Australia over the past three days.