Is the Harkness Test a valid means of determining consent? - Named after Capt. Jack Harkness from Dr. Who.

[Feral Postie]

In the sci-fi community and occasionally the furry community you will encounter people discussing the "Harkness Test" as a way of determining if a non-human creature can consent to sexual activity.

Quite often the test is used and twisted by degenerates to excuse attraction to beings which clearly can't consent, but in other cases you'll see it used legitimately (usually in relation to aliens).

Summed up the Harkness test asks three questions:

1. Does the creature have human intelligence or greater than human intelligence?
2. Can the creature speak or somehow communicate?
3. Is the creature an adult member of its species?

If all three are true the test states the creature can consent, if one or more are false it can't.

I see a few possible issues with the test such as:

• If the creature is of greater intelligence than by the standards of the test you can't really consent from their perspective (for them the minimum bar would be the intelligence of their own species).
• In drawn media question two can be satisfied by simply adding a speech bubble for a creature that otherwise wouldn't pass the test.
• Wanting to have sex with non-humanoid creatures is inherently degenerate.

Here are some examples of creatures that pass the Harkness test:

• Many extra terrestrials (such as a Cardassian)
• Barry B. Benson
• Possibly Mewtwo

Here are some examples of creatures that don't pass the Harkness test:

• Gypsies: They always fail question one.
• Ol' Yeller. He always fails question one and two.
• Tribbles: They always fail question one and two.

Do you think the Harkness test is valid and do you see issues with it beyond those which I have outlined?

Spoiler: A common meme template for the test. (SFW)

 

[Vecr]

It's not a honest procedure, it's a justification. Follow the strictest possible interpretation of the civil rights act and associated executive order rules.

 

[Feral Postie]

It's not a honest procedure, it's a justification

I agree fully. Someone seriously bringing up the Harkness Test in relation to a fictional creature they like is an immediate red flag to me.

 

[BirdUp]

if animals could talk it would still be insanely fucked to have sex with them

 

[Vecr]

Can whoever voted yes come up with a well reasoned explanation?

 

[RACISM]

if animals could talk it would still be insanely fucked to have sex with them

Yet people still fuck niggers.

 

[BirdUp]

Yet people still fuck niggers.

having sex with british women is almost as bad as fucking niggers

 

[RACISM]

having sex with british women is almost as bad as fucking niggers

Almost.

 

[Karen of Human Resources]

Ruh-roh Ruh-Roh. No Raggy, no!

 

[Squawking Macaw]

Is fucking other adult human beings really that hard?

 

[isalaide]

Find whoever wants to fuck a facehugger and bring them here to offer an explanation of their conduct

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

but in other cases you'll see it used legitimately (usually in relation to aliens).

SOON. IMMINENT.

Ex-Pentagon official claims US has recovered nonhuman specimens

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/uap-ufo-military-pentagon-harvard-nasa-academia-event-analysis-ongoing-news.113946/

 

[Suel Forrester]

SOON. IMMINENT.

Ex-Pentagon official claims US has recovered nonhuman specimens

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/uap-ufo-military-pentagon-harvard-nasa-academia-event-analysis-ongoing-news.113946/

Lol the idea that "aliens" will ask for consent this time around is hilarious. Aliens (demons) are always documented to be rapists

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Lol the idea that "aliens" will ask for consent this time around is hilarious. Aliens (demons) are always documented to be rapists

The real question for ayy lmaos will be: "Is this alien raping me also gay?" Do they correspond to the male or female sex at all, through convergent evolution, a common ancestor (we wuz ancient aliens), or genetic manipulation (constructed beings based on human DNA)? Or should they be thought of as trannies?

 

[Kid Named Rocket]

>that username
>that avatar
>this thread
You're not fooling me, OP. I know what you are. Yiff in hell.

 

[Feral Postie]

>that username
>that avatar
>this thread
You're not fooling me, OP. I know what you are. Yiff in hell.

A "feral furry" is just a cartoon animal with a more autistic name and pokemon for example are by default "ferals". People who sexualize "ferals" are in almost all cases either zoos or borderline zoos.

It's actually because of those people that I asked this because it's the number one justification they use when claiming it's okay.

The real question for ayy lmaos will be: "Is this alien raping me also gay?" Do they correspond to the male or female sex at all, through convergent evolution, a common ancestor (we wuz ancient aliens), or genetic manipulation (constructed beings based on human DNA)? Or should they be thought of as trannies?

You've made me think of all the special snowflake terms and identities that will be created if aliens really exist. Overnight you'll go from them not existing to people who claim they've always been exclusively alien attracted.

 

[Coldsteel the Hedgehog]

The question is "does the harkness test accurately determine whether a creature can give consent," and yeah, I mean, those are the same criteria we follow for humans, so I'd say it does.

Does that mean it's a good idea or socially acceptable? Definitely not. You're not a rapist for fucking Mewtwo, but you *are* objectively a freak.

 

[Farsided]

As long as the animal is doing the fucking, you can be Mr Hands all day for all I care.

 

[Catman from cat town]

I wish I could change my answer because I didn’t understand how faulty the Harkness test was until now.

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

that is called xenophilia and I cannot believe we have yet another term for sexual misconduct on this site.