Joe Biden gave a powerful speech about sexual assault on Wednesday, insisting that "both men and women have an obligation to help survivors in any way they can."
The event, put on by the former vice president's sexual assault awareness organization It's On Us and held at Virginia's George Mason University, also featured 13 Reasons Why actress Alisha Boe and producer Joy Gorman.
"We want the survivors in the room today to know that your voice matters, your story is important and your truth is real," Boe told the crowd. "You are never, ever, ever alone."
The recently released Netflix show depicts Boe's character, Jessica, being raped in multiple disturbing scenes.
Biden urged men to fully grasp that "consent requires affirmative consent." And he dispelled the notion that a woman can consent when she's extremely intoxicated.
"Guys, a woman who's dead drunk cannot consent," he said. "You are raping her."
