There used to also be a much stronger sense that approaching these consent issues would be creating legal regulation on the performance of the sex act. And it

There used to also be a much stronger sense that approaching these consent issues would be creating legal regulation on the performance of the sex act. And it has. Affirmative consent people think there's no downside, but they are enabling this and the logical, only safe conclusion is ultimately documentation of consent and the sex act, both in writing and video, just like reactionaries warned us in the 1980's. Cellphone videos are already saving people. If you start regulating the private sex act, there's going to be strong incentive to make it not private anymore.