{"id":248098,"date":"2021-03-18T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=248098"},"modified":"2021-03-18T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:00:32","slug":"sexual-consent-app-idea-draws-criticism-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sexual-consent-app-idea-draws-criticism-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Consent App Idea Draws Criticism In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsexual-consent-app-idea-draws-criticism-in-australia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=248098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1874.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A new idea regarding the use of an app to track sexual consent in Australia has drawn criticism and backlash after the concept was announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mick Fuller, a police commissioner in New South Wales, proposed the idea, saying that the app could be utilized in order to establish \u201cpositive consent,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-56438560?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Binforadio%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many people have since spoken out against the idea as something that could be used by abusers and argue that is not a long-term solution to the problem of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>In an opinion piece in Sydney\u2019s Daily Telegraph on Thursday, Fuller presented the idea. \u201cJust as we\u2019ve had to check-in at the coffee shop to keep people safe, is there a way consent can be confirmed or documented?\u201d he wrote. \u201cYou can\u2019t walk into a shop at the moment without scanning in. Two years ago I would have said \u2018You\u2019re mad, I\u2019m not doing that.\u2019 Do we protect people \u00addating by having a positive \u00adaffirmation \u2026 in an app?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to reporting by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/mar\/18\/critics-ridicule-nsw-police-commissioners-idea-for-sexual-consent-app\">The Guardian<\/a>, Fuller defended the idea to the media on Thursday morning, but then admitted that it might have flaws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe app could be a terrible idea, but maybe in 10 years\u2019 time that will be seen as the normal dating [method]. If you swipe left and right and there\u2019s another option if you want to have intimacy,\u201d he said on Sydney radio station 2GB. \u201cI hope we don\u2019t need to get to that point. I hope that we start the conversation at home and we start the conversation in schools about respectful behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on ABC radio, the police commissioner admitted the app could be \u201cthe worst idea I have all year\u201d, while also saying \u201cintimate violence, particularly against women, is a real problem crime for us at the moment and we need to find a solution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference later in the day, he discussed the app and what conversations the idea has started. He also stated that it could be incorporated as a way to keep the issue of consent out of the courts since the justice system has been \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by the problem and has a difficult time with such cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have mixed emotions about how the app would work. For mine the app keeps people out of the justice system, it\u2019s not about how it works in the justice system,\u201d Fuller said at the news conference. \u201cWe already know the journey in the justice system is such a difficult one for victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of those issues we need to face and we have to have the conversation about consent, we need our kids to have a better understanding and we need our juries to have a better understanding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people are dating online, and it is just dinner, then just be clear it\u2019s just dinner, and it\u2019s not victim-blaming, and being intoxicated is OK, but perhaps you need to protect your friends a bit better when they are intoxicated and not let them go home with someone,\u201d he said at one point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a range of things I\u2019d love to come out of this, and the app is not necessarily one of them, but starting the conversation is, and the app has at least brought this issue up and people are talking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, tens of thousands of people across Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-56397170\">marched<\/a> in order to protest the harassment and sexual abuse of Australian women. The protests were sparked by reports of alleged rape by some members of the Australian government.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian reports, \u201cFigures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research on Wednesday showed reported sexual assaults rose by 10% in 2020, with about 15,000 women coming forward. But only 2% of those led to guilty verdicts in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shadow minister for women and education, Tanya Plibersek, reportedly praised Fuller for bringing up the topic, but warned that \u201cconsent can be withdrawn at any time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the fact that you\u2019ve signed up, in the beginning, doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re up for everything that your partner suggests,\u201d she said. \u201cYou can withdraw consent. We really need to be teaching consent to our kids, as part of a respectful relationship program that\u2019s age-appropriate, in our schools, in our homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new idea regarding the use of an app to track sexual consent in Australia has drawn criticism and backlash after the concept was announced on Thursday.Mick Fuller, a police &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310765,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1874.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Sexual Consent App Idea Draws Criticism In Australia","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1874.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Sexual Consent App Idea Draws Criticism In Australia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}