Brut spoke with people in Delhi to understand their views on consent.
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00:00Consent.
00:01It's not a word.
00:02It's a complete sentence.
00:03No means no.
00:05Yes, it's important.
00:06Definitely yes.
00:07It's important for both men and women.
00:09If it's a maybe, it's still a no.
00:17When it comes to sexual relationship,
00:19do you think it's important for both the genders to take each other's consent?
00:22Absolutely.
00:23For a very, I mean, pleasure, pleasant, harmonious relationship,
00:28we need consent in every area.
00:30So here, consent is not the legal one of permission.
00:33Here it is one of where I'm able to put you at ease,
00:37you're able to put me at ease,
00:39and then we're both consensually getting into a particular.
00:43So yes, consent is very important.
00:45Is it important to take consent even after marriage for sex?
00:48Yes.
00:49I don't think marriage means sex.
00:51I think marriage is a very societal sort of setup.
00:55I don't think marriage has anything to do with sex.
00:57Married or unmarried, dating or not dating,
01:00in a relationship or not in a relationship.
01:02If you have your sexual partner,
01:04it's really important to take consent.
01:06100%.
01:07Which for so many centuries has, you know,
01:11women especially in this particular field I'm talking about,
01:16are taken for granted.
01:17It's like, okay, now that you're married,
01:19and this is how it is.
01:21And when a man is asking for it,
01:25it's okay.
01:27But I think it's very important for this particular situation to change.
01:47Even in a marriage, there has to be consent.
01:49It's not always what the man wants.
01:56A little bit.
01:57Why do you say a little bit?
02:18How important is male consent?
02:20I mean, till now the main focus point in everyone's world is female consent.
02:24No one's really looked into that or spoken about it.
02:26But I would say it's equally as important.
02:29You know, sometimes it goes the other way around
02:31where it's more from the woman's side and less on the guy's side.
02:34But I would say both sides are equally important in terms of consent.
02:37In sexual terms?
02:38No, just consent.
02:39Consent is like, you know, asking before you do anything,
02:43before you make a move, you have to ask.
02:45It's like a permission between like two individuals.
02:48What is consent for you?
02:50Consent is respect.
02:52Consent is important.
02:54Consent is essential.
02:56Consent is just, it's not ambiguous.
02:58It's one basic question.
03:00If it's a yes, it's a yes.
03:02If it's a no, it's a no.
03:03If it's a maybe, it's still a no.
03:05Basic and primary right to say yes or no,
03:08it is not something that you can, you know, take for granted.
03:11The approval of both the parties to agree on something.
03:14Somebody is requesting something of me,
03:16I have to like, fully show that I'm interested in it.
03:19It's the simplest words.
03:20Consent is a clear yes.
03:22It's a clear yes?
03:23It means a clear yes or a clear no.