The other explanation is that it is a fuller understanding of the man's intentions and knowledge that causes some of that harm. Clancy's subjects also hardly ever described the contact as one they happily consented to, but as something they didn't object to -- confusion was the primary reaction. Tom O'Carroll made a post emphasizing that failure to object is not the same thing as consent. Things can be wrong even if they do not end up ruining a person's life.

For all the times you have claimed to not believe in telepathy (or clairvoyance) every time we get down to it, you insist on demanding them.