This is exactly the sort of question I was hoping Joanna Bourke's would answer, but it doesn't, irritatingly, so I don't know! The question of consent is certainly there from fifth-century BCE discussions of Helen of Troy, and possibly earlier (can't remember if it's in Homer), but it's not always foregrounded legally, I think.
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Date: 2010-07-25 05:28 pm (UTC)