consenting adult
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security,” Rowling tweeted Thursday.
From Fox News ● Dec. 19, 2019
In 1957, it concluded that there was no reason that sex in private between consenting adult men should be illegal.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2018
“I collaborated with consenting adult women who were fully aware of the nature of the work and, as is typical with any project, everyone signed releases,” he said in the previous statement.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2017
“It’s not because the state cares about consenting adult romance.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2015
Homosexual practices in private, between two consenting adult parties, whether men or women, are absolutely unpunished by the Code Napoléon and by French law of today.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock
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