A speaker argues that legal consent standards are too low for ethical behavior. Teaching people to avoid rape charges rather than genuinely respect partners creates a frightening baseline. He calls for a higher moral standard that goes beyond what the law requires.
Right? That becomes really important. Now, some people go to me, well then, Mike, how do you define consent by the way you're talking? So I'm about to give you a definition of consent that's really important to understand, and this definition is not the legal definition. It'll even say on the screen, this may not be the legal definition. Here's why I'm going to stress that. It's too low a bar of excellence. The law is the lowest standard there is. I don't want to teach anybody the lowest standard there is. Can you imagine A date, being out with someone, and that person says to their date, hey, just so you know, if we become sexually active, here's how I roll. As long as I can't be charged with rape, I'm all good. If you said that to somebody, your partner's running for the hills most likely because that is a horrifically low, scary standard.
