Mike DomitrzPresident, Author, and Speaker on Respect, The Center for Respect, Inc. · Author & Speaker on Respect for Schools, Corporations, & the Military since 1990 (has reached

Why sex contracts are bad.

3 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief spoken segment, the presenter questions the concept of a "consent contract" and highlights the fundamental problem that such contracts imply a permanent, unchangeable agreement. He emphasizes that real‑world consent is always revocable at any moment, and therefore any app or technology that records consent as a fixed state is misleading and potentially dangerous. The speaker recounts being approached by companies seeking his endorsement for a consent‑tracking app, and he firmly refuses, stating that endorsing a tool that suggests consent cannot be withdrawn would be unethical.

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What's wrong with a consent contract? What does it imply? Yep? Concrete. It's concrete. Can you change your mind after you sign? In real life, can I change consent at any second? Yes. Yes. So we have people who are walking around saying, I'm creating an app that says if you go on the app and you both agree, it shows you consented. And I've had these companies call me and say, will you endorse our app nationally with the work you do? And I say, I will never touch an app. that tries to do that, because it implies once somebody said consent in the app, they can't remove consent. They are highly dangerous and highly unethical potentially.