A company named Sandton Technologies created a smartphone app called Good2Go, which allow users to give consent to engage in any sexual acts. The idea behind the creation of the app was in hope to prevent unwanted sexual manipulations, by giving the users a relatively easy process to ensure mutual consent. The way the app works is brought to the user with a series of questions and statements, that ask the user if they are “Good2Go?” The options given are “No, Thanks”, “Yes but...we need to talk”, or “I’m Good2Go”. The user hands the phone to a partner where they are asked to answer the same. If they select “No, Thanks” a pop up will appear saying, “Remember! No means No! Only Yes means Yes BUT can be changed to NO at any time!” If the partner
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The app works on an assumption that whatever happens on the app reflects reality. But the problem is that there are dangerous assumptions because someone could easily manipulate the questionnaire. An example could be a person could coerce their partner into inputting their password and taking the questionnaire for them saying they give consent when in actuality they are unable to. In a worse case scenario where there was a trail, someone could use the Good2Go App as evidence even though it could have been manipulated. Despite the fact that app says that “yes mean yes!” and that even though they say yes at first it can turn into a no at any time, the app gives a conjecture that once a person says “yes” that it is not rape. It is because of this miscommunication that causes the app to have so many …show more content…
The app is taking the place of not teaching what consent actually means. There is no educational lesson here and some people, surprisingly, don’t know that no actually means no. And although the app mentions that yes mean yes but can turn into a no at any time, it only appears when you click a certain button. The app was created because of the high numbers of college campus sexual assaults and according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus. The overall idea of the app is good, but the app doesn’t solve the problem. The app assumes that it solves the problem of sexual assaults but it just shows that there is a flaw in the educational system. As a culture, we should be attempting to solve the problem, sexual assaults throughout college campuses, instead of promoting things that won’t solve the issue of a flawed education. What should be the happening is, accelerating education in school to recognize the core of the issue which is how to prevent sexual assaults, to acknowledge that no means
The app works on an assumption that whatever happens on the app reflects reality. But the problem is that there are dangerous assumptions because someone could easily manipulate the questionnaire. An example could be a person could coerce their partner into inputting their password and taking the questionnaire for them saying they give consent when in actuality they are unable to. In a worse case scenario where there was a trail, someone could use the Good2Go App as evidence even though it could have been manipulated. Despite the fact that app says that “yes mean yes!” and that even though they say yes at first it can turn into a no at any time, the app gives a conjecture that once a person says “yes” that it is not rape. It is because of this miscommunication that causes the app to have so many …show more content…
The app is taking the place of not teaching what consent actually means. There is no educational lesson here and some people, surprisingly, don’t know that no actually means no. And although the app mentions that yes mean yes but can turn into a no at any time, it only appears when you click a certain button. The app was created because of the high numbers of college campus sexual assaults and according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus. The overall idea of the app is good, but the app doesn’t solve the problem. The app assumes that it solves the problem of sexual assaults but it just shows that there is a flaw in the educational system. As a culture, we should be attempting to solve the problem, sexual assaults throughout college campuses, instead of promoting things that won’t solve the issue of a flawed education. What should be the happening is, accelerating education in school to recognize the core of the issue which is how to prevent sexual assaults, to acknowledge that no means