Lots of good jokes in a popular TV show The Big Bang Theory are related to Sheldon Cooper’s bureaucracy in interpersonal relationships: all these “roommate agreement”, “relationship agreement”, etc.
However, because of these endless harassment scandals in media, now it seems like a best practice of some kind. 😉
I’m not particularly interested in who is right or wrong in any particular scandal. But the scheme itself seems corrupted.
In the current reality, when any joint action can be post factum presented as violent and committed under pressure, even after 10-20 years, and can lead to very sad consequences, any oral arrangements are rapidly depreciating.