Facetious critiques of the theory and its resulting law expressed concern that enthusiastic consent would make sex artificial and sterile, requiring awkward checklists. Others gave the false impression that fishing for one “yes” and moving on was good enough, rather than interpreting consent as a fluid, ongoing process. Friedman would later clarify that enthusiastic consent is a more active process than just following rules or waiting for a green light; it’s “a humanizing ethic of sex.” Truly internalizing the values of consent, she wrote, must include “emotional literacy”—the ability to be vulnerable, and to be trusted with others’ vulnerability.