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Comment by phs318u

This is a bit of a hot topic in Australia - and the world (rightly so). A sampling of news articles in the last week:

https://www.theage.com.au/search?text=consent

With respect to the idea of consent via app - it's simply a dumb idea. People can change their mind, use of the app can be forced, then there's the whole tracking and data privacy issues (the slut-shaming potential of this data can't be overstated, especially in a courtroom context. "But your record shows you consented to 5 other sexual liasons in the last 3 days").

Consent is given continually and can be withdrawn instantly. If in doubt whether you have consent, then you probably don't. So ask (again) or stop.

parent phs318u 5 years ago

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