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What's your gender? || An app appears for digital sexual consent. It's obviously not foolproof, but men are starting to request that women sign their name "agreeing to consent" before they have sex, as an extra layer of security. You personally feel _____ about this app

Male | Positively
42.3%
Male | Negatively
41.8%
Female | Positively
4.9%
Female | Negatively
11%

1,489 votesFinal results

9:14 PM · Dec 2, 2018

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I think it can be positive. But I'd be indifferent to it. You don't have to use the hypothetical app. Just like you don't have to have sex. There's nothing wrong with a ground floor "no."

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Consent can be revoked at any time. People who aren't okay with that should not have sex.

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Excellent question, in the typical

@aella_girl

fashion; curious to see the results.

Cynthia Bell McGillis

@cynthiamcgillis

Dec 2, 2018

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@Aella_Girl

I said female || negatively. Feels like I could be consenting to a lot by signing something and it would be hard to refute later.

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it would be a odd way of fighting the "i regret therefore it was rape" thinking, so i would be conflicted

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The need for such an app says a lot about the state of (mostly) women.

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at the time of this writing, 42% of men want to get #metoo'd

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I see problems when sex starts, then a partner asks to pause or stop, and guy refuses “bc you signed your consent already”... it needs to be presented right. Users need to be told that consent can always be withdrawn. If app starts a convo b/w partners abt consent, great

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Fiddling with an app means true passion doesn't exist between these people. They shouldn't be in bed.

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This survey led me an alternative idea for solving this dilemma: