Chapter 20: Sex and the law

Question 1

Fornication

Answer 1

Sex between two unmarried people.

Question 2

Victorian compromise

Answer 2

The decision not to criminalize behavior per se and instead criminalize conduct that is visible to the outside world.

Question 3

Rape

Answer 3

Nonconsensual oral, anal, or vaginal penetration, obtained by force, by threat of bodily harm, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent.

Question 4

Incest

Answer 4

Sexual activity between relatives.

Question 5

Cohabitation

Answer 5

Unmarried people living together (with sexual relations assumed).

Question 6

Adultery

Answer 6

Voluntary sexual intercourse by a husband or wife with someone other that one’s spouse; thus betrayal of one’s marriage vows.

Question 7

Sodomy

Answer 7

Originally “crimes in nature”; in contemporary laws, oral and anal intercourse.

Question 8

Exhibitionism

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Voyeurism

Answer 9

Secretly watching people who are nude.

Question 10

Prostitution

Answer 10

The exchange of sex for money or other payment such as drugs.

Question 11

Obscenity

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Decriminalization

Answer 12

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