Brenda Cossman: Sex workers given lower bar when it comes to consent

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CBC Radio The Current

 

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-2-2015-1.3018995/brenda-cossman-sex-workers-given-lower-bar-when-it-comes-to-consent-1.3019150

 

U of T law professor Brenda Cossman says conversation around consent and sex workers needs to change.

 

The 7:30 audio piece link is on the left hand side, below the picture.

 

On Tuesday we discussed the case of thirty-six year-old Cindy Gladue. She died in an Edmonton hotel room in June, 2011. She bled to death... her body was found in the bathtub. Charged in the case was a truck driver, from Ontario, Bradley Barton.

 

Last month Mr. Barton was found not guilty of first-degree murder, as well as manslaughter.

 

This case raised many questions and concerns, including questions around the laws of consent.

 

Brenda Cossman is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. She was in our Toronto studio.

 

 

This segment was produced by The Current's Lara O'Brien.