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Re:Australia: Sex consent app proposal sparks backlash by afarrell on Thursday March 18, 2021 @05:51AM (#26501033)
Abstinence is the only answer _with an ironclad guarantee_.

Fundamentally, sex requires trust and analog communication over a connection either physical or verbal.

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Re:Australia: Sex consent app proposal sparks backlash by eru on Thursday March 18, 2021 @05:55AM (#26501055)
Nope, you can still be falsely accused of almost anything.
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Re:Australia: Sex consent app proposal sparks backlash by afarrell on Thursday March 18, 2021 @06:02AM (#26501094)
True. So I advise not having sex with someone if you do not trust their ethics or emotional maturity.
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Re:Australia: Sex consent app proposal sparks backlash by eru on Thursday March 18, 2021 @06:08AM (#26501129)
No, I meant even not having sex (abstinence) doesn't 100% protect against accusations.

Of course, in practice people deal with certainly below absolute. But once you admit that, the argument for absolute abstinence loses some of its punch.

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