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Criminalizing 'Reckless Sex'--Safeguard for Women or  New Way to Herd Men
Into Jail?

Should men go to jail for having sex without a condom? Law professors Ian
Ayres and Katherine Baker say yes. Under their highly-publicized "Reckless
Sex" proposal, a "defendant would be guilty of reckless sexual conduct if,
in a first sexual encounter with another particular person, the defendant
had sexual intercourse without using a condom."

The penalty for the "guilty" man would be up to six months in jail. The
authors say their proposal  would help increase condom use and the "quality
of communication in first sexual encounters" and thus "reduce the spread of
sexually transmitted disease and decrease the incidence of acquaintance
rape."

Vermont Law School professor Cheryl Hanna opposes the "reckless sex"
proposal, noting the gender double standard and also that the new law "gives
the government unwarranted intrusion into our private lives" and will mean
"women will be at greater risk for sexual assault because the focus will now
be on condoms instead of consent."


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