I did not say that no one practices explicit consent. My statement was in the context of an example.
Okay then I don't understand the main point.
"No sex without explicit consent before marriage" seems to be a lot less restrictive then "No sex before marriage".
I can't see how you find the second a good norm but don't like the first norm.
I've started a podcast called Future Strategist which will focus on decision making and futurism. I have created seven shows so far: interviews of computer scientist Roman Yampolskiy, LW contributor Gleb Tsipursky, and artist/free speech activist Rachel Haywire, and monologues on game theory and Greek Mythology, the Prisoners' Dilemma, the sunk cost fallacy, and the Map and Territory.
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