iConsent: yes means yes.

• Author: Soave, Robby
• Position: Citings - Good2Go mobile app - Brief article

PEOPLE USE iPhone apps to find sexual partners. Could they also use an app to signal their intention to actually do the deed with said partners? A California-based developer thought so, but the intriguing concept has several kinks to work out.

The idea was conceived by California businesswoman Lee Ann Allman. Allman's college-aged kids knew people who were worried about running into trouble navigating intimate relationships on campus, given the increased national focus on sexual assault and affirmative consent. California recently approved a first-of-its-kind law defining consent as "affirmative, unambiguous, and conscious." The law also mandates procedures for dealing with accused rapists that fall short of robust due process.

Allman thought an iPhone app that facilitated consent could improve on the law's requirements by clearing up some of the confusion that occurs when intoxicated students hit the sheets. Her team debuted that app, Good2Go, in September.

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