Editing Sexual consent (section)

===Consent apps===
In the 2010s, smartphone apps have been developed to give couples the ability to electronically consent to sexual relations. Apps include We-Consent, Sa-Sie, LegalFling and Good2Go. LegalFling uses [[blockchain]] and sets out each person's terms and conditions, such as requiring condom use or agreeing to specific acts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2018/02/20/sexual-consent-apps-set-rules-intimacy-come-their-own-risks/328635002/ |title=People are talking about sexual consent. Would an app help? |last=Petrow |first=Steven |date=20 February 2018 |website=www.usatoday.com |publisher=USA Today |access-date=9 June 2018 |quote=}} </ref> However, concerns have been raised about these "consent apps". The Good2Go app gives a record of sexual consent that the company claims can be used as evidence of consent and capacity, from an intoxication perspective, for consent; however, the app was removed from sale because both men and women did not like clicking on a smartphone in the bedroom to record their consent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/29/rape-consent-sexual-partner-enthusiasm |title= Consent is not enough: if you want a sexual partner, look for enthusiasm|last=Hinsliff |first=Gaby |date=29 January 2015 |website=www.theguardian.com |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=9 June 2018 |quote=}} </ref> A lawyer states that legally, apps are redundant and could only serve as circumstantial evidence, because they generally do not take into account a person's right to withdraw consent at any point in the sexual interaction.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/consent-apps-problems-dating-uconsent-sexual-assault-legal-court-a8332706.html |title=Why Consent Apps Won't Work According to Criminal Lawyers |last=Petter |first= Olivia|date=14 May 2018 |website=www.independent.co.uk |publisher=Independent |access-date=9 June 2018 |quote=}} </ref>

In Reina Gattuso's article entitled "Seven reasons consent apps are a terrible idea", she criticizes consent apps on the grounds that: a person can withdraw consent at any point, including minutes after clicking yes on the app; the binary yes or no approach of the apps simplifies the complexity of consent; the app cannot legally confer agreement to each change in sex acts; they make consent too much about legal proofs and setting down evidence; and they change what should be a continuous process of communication into a quick action.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://feministing.com/2018/05/16/six-reasons-consent-apps-are-a-terrible-idea/ |title=Seven reasons consent apps are a terrible idea |last=Gattuso |first=Reina |date=May 2018 |website=feministing.com |publisher=Femisting |access-date=13 June 2018 |quote=}} </ref> Cricket Epstein states that using consent apps have a "[[victim-blaming]]" mentality that suggests that the person who is asked to click on the app may become a false accuser; as well, she says the app may protect perpetrators, because once agreement is clicked on the app, it will be harder for a complainant to say that she or he had sex acts done without consent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bust.com/feminism/193913-what-nick-cannon-gets-wrong-about-consent.html |title=Nick Cannon's "Consent App" Gets Consent Completely Wrong |last=Epstein |first=Cricket |date= |website=bust.com |publisher=Bust |access-date=13 June 2018 |quote=}} </ref>