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MIT scientist invented a sticker that can detect sexual assault
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Alcotholic
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Circle Jerk
Member
That's gonna go poorly.
Earthbound64
Banned
Excellent idea.
This looks like it would cause a high number of false alarms. It's basically if the bra is touched in a way different from normal. Any form of sexual activity could set this off, and it requires switching off the alarm before it goes off. For the consensual cases, it creates a rather awkward circumstance of needing to turn off the alarm before it creates public embarrassment.
Appreciate the attempt though. I was imagining tearing of clothes when i saw the thread title - perhaps threads within clothing acting as a trigger when torn.
Appreciate the attempt though. I was imagining tearing of clothes when i saw the thread title - perhaps threads within clothing acting as a trigger when torn.
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This tech sounds like some nice engineering. Memorizing the way you take clothes off and such. I would love to read more about the internals of this design.
Potential for a lot of false positives though, and I can maybe see after the 1st time having that alarm go off when you didn't need it to could lead people to just not bothering to use the app at all ("So I have to seriously do this every time my partner takes my clothes off? Screw that!").
Issue with that is that a large quantity of rape/assault cases don't involve the violent imagery you're thinking of. A lot of them just deal with inebriated or knocked out women where the guys probably won't be ripping or tearing clothing off.
soundscream
Member
Nice idea, but I cant see how this could be admissable in court.
Royce McCutcheon
Junior Member
Something doesn't seem entirely ethical about this.
The Faceless Master
Member
so what states allow audio recording?
edit: ok, 38 states allow 1 party consent.
edit: ok, 38 states allow 1 party consent.
Oh boy, I hope this thread isn't just going to be idiots being more concerned about a rapists privacy rights than women making tools to prevent sexual assault...
This seems like a great idea. If women know they are going into a uncertain situation like a big party, this could be useful to set up.
This seems like a great idea. If women know they are going into a uncertain situation like a big party, this could be useful to set up.
Interesting idea. With some refinement it could be a god send. Amazing.
How? It helps with one of the most unethical things that could happen to someone.
How? It helps with one of the most unethical things that could happen to someone.
Even for two party consent states, usually that doesn't apply during the commission of a crime, or if the recorder has a reasonable belief that a crime was going to be committed.
I don't think a woman would wear this, if she anticipates having consensual sex with someone. So, it would be a small percentage of instances where she'd have to remember to disable it, before having sex she wants, but didn't expect. (And I'm pretty sure in those cases she'll be really aware of the fact she has it on).
YesNOnoNOYes
Member
yay science \o/
17 Seconds
Banned
there are plenty of concerns about this idea, but i don't see how ethics is one of them
hodayathink
Member
It's an interesting idea, but I don't really see it working very well. Simple example, what if your phone is out of Bluetooth range?
Or the rapist simply takes the phone and clicks "It's all good".
Did you watch the video? It literally does this.
Obviously the phone would have some sort of locking feature or required unlock sequence. That's the easiest thing to safeguard.
Unfortunately, as someone pointed out, many rapes involve someone who's under the influence of alcohol or drugs and can't give consent (e.g. passed out). If the device memorizes the pattern of clothes being removed as is suggested, maybe it would still work.
Also, some rapes involve consent being removed after clothing is already gone, which this obviously wouldn't help with, but it could still help in some situations.
This does seem like a thing that could happen, but at the same time it would still be making a record in the form of sending messages and probably some sort of log. In some cases women who are passed out wouldn't even know something happened, but this would give them not only an alert but an exact time stamp of when the assault occured. This information could definitely help in some situations at least for narrowing down a list of suspects who could have been around, even if it didn't record anything. Still sounds useful and better than not having it.
*sigh* No, I read the article. God dammit internet, just because you can put anything in video form doesn't mean you should put everything in video form. The video itself is little more than text and underwear anyway; would it really have been so hard to put that text in the article itself?
Yoshi
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Since people tend to intoxicate themselves deliberately (and still have sex), leading to an increased liklihood they won't react in time, I see a lot of recordings of consensual sex happening. Also, in the case where it is consensual but the owner of the device just forgets to deactivate the safeguard, I think it is very questionable to record the act.
MegaManTrigger
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What recording? The device simply keeps track of how you usually take off your clothes and then juxtaposes to a potential attack happening.
It could also let women know to go to a hospital to get a rape kit before showering and losing valuable evidence. Frankly, anything that helps women (or anyone, really) in these situations sounds like a win to me.
And if the recording is totally within your own car? That someone's breaking into to get at you? That seriously screams unethical to you?
How about dashcams? Those at least record everything in front of your car.