Sex and the law

Question 1

Fornication

Answer 1

Sex between two unmarried people

Question 2

Rape

Answer 2

Nonconsensual oral, anal, or vaginal penetration, obtained bt force, threat of bodily harm or when te victim is incapable of giving consent

Question 3

Incest

Answer 3

Sexual activity between relatives

Question 4

Cohabitation

Answer 4

Unmarries people living together
- with sexual relations assumed

Question 5

Adultery

Answer 5

Voluntary sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than the spouse; thus betrayal of one’s marriage vows

Question 6

Sodomy

Answer 6

Originally ‘crimes against nature’: in contermprorary laws, oral and anal intercourse

Question 7

Exhibitionism

Answer 7

Showing one’s genitals in a public place, to passersby; indecent exposure

Question 8

Voyeurism

Answer 8

Secretly watching people who are nude or having sex

Question 9

Prostitution

Answer 9

The exchange of sex for money or other payments such as drugs

Question 10

Obscenity

Answer 10

Thar which is offensive to decency or modesty, or calculated to arouse sexual excitement or lust

Question 11

Decriminalization

Answer 11

Removing an act from those prohibited by law, ceasing to define it as a crime