Handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle : (Re)penser la capacité à consentir

As part of this article, we wish to highlight the legal discourses and legal practices linked to the construct of the ability of people considered as « cognitively disable » to consent. This research includes four judgments given by the Court of Quebec as well as Ontario’s Court of Appeal. These jud...

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Main Author: Michèle Diotte
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Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société 2018-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/gss/4296
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description As part of this article, we wish to highlight the legal discourses and legal practices linked to the construct of the ability of people considered as « cognitively disable » to consent. This research includes four judgments given by the Court of Quebec as well as Ontario’s Court of Appeal. These judgments concern accusations of sexual assault on women considered as cisgender and as « cognitively disable ». This study explores the way Canadian Criminal Justice System analyses the capacity to consent in interaction with the cognitive dis/ability. While these few cases bring to light the importance given to the biomedical perspective in the determination of sexual consent capacity, we propose this evaluation be based on an understanding of the notion of choice.
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spelling doaj-art-ea972c0d1a454c71b4cd6433d24090872025-01-09T13:06:36ZfraGenre, Sexualité et SociétéGenre, Sexualité et Société2104-37362018-06-011910.4000/gss.4296Handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle : (Re)penser la capacité à consentirMichèle DiotteAs part of this article, we wish to highlight the legal discourses and legal practices linked to the construct of the ability of people considered as « cognitively disable » to consent. This research includes four judgments given by the Court of Quebec as well as Ontario’s Court of Appeal. These judgments concern accusations of sexual assault on women considered as cisgender and as « cognitively disable ». This study explores the way Canadian Criminal Justice System analyses the capacity to consent in interaction with the cognitive dis/ability. While these few cases bring to light the importance given to the biomedical perspective in the determination of sexual consent capacity, we propose this evaluation be based on an understanding of the notion of choice.https://journals.openedition.org/gss/4296cognitive disability – sexual assault – capacity – sexual consent – penal justice system
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Handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle : (Re)penser la capacité à consentir
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cognitive disability – sexual assault – capacity – sexual consent – penal justice system
title Handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle : (Re)penser la capacité à consentir
title_full Handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle : (Re)penser la capacité à consentir
title_fullStr Handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle : (Re)penser la capacité à consentir
title_full_unstemmed Handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle : (Re)penser la capacité à consentir
title_short Handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle : (Re)penser la capacité à consentir
title_sort handicap cognitif et agression sexuelle re penser la capacite a consentir
topic cognitive disability – sexual assault – capacity – sexual consent – penal justice system
url https://journals.openedition.org/gss/4296
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