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New App Seeks To Clear Up Confusion Over Consensual Sex

Over the weekend, Governor Jerry Brown announced he signed a bill making California the first in the nation to define when "yes means yes" and adopt requirements for colleges to follow when investigating sexual assault reports.

State lawmakers last month approved SB967 as states and universities across the U.S. are under pressure to change how they handle rape allegations. Campus sexual assault victims and women's advocacy groups delivered petitions to Brown's office on Sept. 16 urging him to sign the bill.

One company is trying to make it easier for people to make sure their sexual partner is OK with the act. They created the Good2Go app.

The app has checkboxes that ask "Are we Good2Go?" and has the responses "No, Thanks", "Yes, but...we need to talk" and "I'm Good2Go."

Beneath that, it asks users to confirm their level of sobriety. It has users check one of the boxes next to "I am:", which option include "Sober", "Mildly Intoxicated", "Intoxicated, But Good2Go", and finally "Pretty Wasted".

Our initial thought was using the app would be very awkward at the least. Imagine being in the moment and getting out the app to have the other person fumble around with it? Kind of a mood killer.

Or do you think it would work? Tell us what you think.

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