Fancy logging into consent app before a night of passion?

ahead safe in the knowledge a “yes” has been enthusiastically and officially established.

There’s been a U-turn in attitude since first consent app Good2go was developed in 2014, which was designed specifically to reduce sex assaults on campus.

It asked the couple a series of questions which helped them make responsible choices and was mostly welcomed as progressive. Of course, the idea has its flaws – as the law recognises consent can be revoked at any time during the act – but it’s well-intentioned, hardly worthy of public excoriation.

Consent is confusing, and getting it wrong is scary, especially for a man who will always be on the receiving end of an accusation.

A phone app clarifies it as explicitly as could be. Men anxious about possible sexual scandals won’t perform well in the bedroom, but such confirmed reassurance could go a long way to ensuring everyone has a good time.

Laywers say they would not provide a blanket defence but they would add to circumstantial evidence. Not that these claims need to be made in a court of law anymore – the court of public opinion is more popular. A social media post is enough to convict.

Like it or not, there’s no doubt there’s a market there for an app to navigate life in a world of distrust on both sides.

This has been engineered by women, seeking rules to deal with a crime that mostly affects them, and ending up virtually outlawing spontaneous sex due to irrational rules. A bit like they did with alcohol and Prohibition.

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