Are you completely denying nonverbal communication exists? Thats insane.

The logic loops MRA's jump through to justify not asking very simple, straightforward, yes/no questions are so ridiculous. Please, please point to where I said non-verbal communication doesn't exist. What I've said, what anyone who has ever talked about consent has said, is that non-verbal communication is ambiguous. This is why we use our words. Like adults. Adults use words to communicate to make sure no meaning or intent is missed or speciously inferred. The whole "it's better to ask for foregiveness than permission" is a mantra repeated by people who are scared to ask for permission and small children. Properly socialized adults use their words. It's that simple.

Asking "can I put my arm around you?" sounds hilarious, I hope people don't fucking do that.

It's downright fucking absurd how scared Reddit manbabies are about asking very simple questions like this. I ask this. Any time I haven't already had a conversation with a woman about how physical we are going to get I ask "is it ok if... should I do this now..." every step of the way. I can't even imagine how piss-poor one's basic verbal communication skills would have to be to make asking questions like these a big deal.