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Want to question a partner’s sobriety before giving consent for sex? There’s an app for that.
It’s called Good2Go, and its launch comes days after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that defines when “yes means yes” and requires all state colleges to adopt a “affirmative consent” policy. The app, which is free to download on iTunes and Google Play, targets college-age adults and includes a sobriety questionnaire that asks users who they’re sleeping with, when they’re doing it, and how drunk or sober they are.
Lee Ann Allman, the app’s creator, told Slate the inspiration for Good2Go came after she talked with college students about sexual assault on campuses across the country. “(They) are very aware of what’s happening, and they’re worried about it, but they’re confused about what to do,” she said. Since “kids are so used to having technology that helps them with issues in their lives,” Allman believes the app will ultimately remind college student that consent to sex should be affirmatively given and revoked at any time.
The app claims to be “easy to use” and only one partner needs to download the app to use it. The Daily Mail documented how the app works:
To use Good2Go, users must launch the app, before handing the phone to their potential partner. Using a euphemism for sex, the app then asks the person: ‘Are we Good2Go?’, before offering them three choices: ‘No, thanks,’ ‘Yes, but… we need to talk,’ and ‘I’m Good2Go.’ If the individual chooses ‘No, thanks,’ a black screen pops up reading: ‘Remember! No means No! Only Yes means Yes. BUT can be changed to NO at anytime!.’ Meanwhile, the ‘Yes, but… we need to talk’ option leads to a pause, during which the couple are given time to discuss their mutual interest in sex.
The final choice, ‘I’m Good2Go,’ sends the user to a second screen, which asks them how intoxicated they are: a) ‘Sober,’ b) ‘Mildly Intoxicated,’ c) ‘Intoxicated but Good2Go’ or d) ‘Pretty Wasted.’ If the individual picks ‘Pretty Wasted,’ they are then informed that they ‘cannot consent’ to sexual activity and are instructed to hand the phone back to their potential partner….