Sex and the law

completely different from the sex you are assigned to at birth. As Courtney Act puts it: ¨...There´s gender, sexuality, and sex. Sex is what? between your legs, gender is what's between your ears, and then sexuality is who you're sexually attracted to… Your gender is how you feel about it, and your gender expression is how you present yourself to the world.¨. Gender identity, sex, and sexuality are three completely different things, all independent of each other. Sex, sexuality, and gender do…

cultural/ difference feminism, to name a few. Freeman has identified the common characteristics of these different types of feminisms, which include ‘a belief that society, and legal order, is patriarchal’ and that ‘it seeks to analyse the contribution of law in constructing, maintaining, reinforcing and perpetuating patriarchy and it looks at ways in which this patriarchy can be undermined and ultimately eliminated’. The main area which feminism concerns is the equality of gender and the…

The marriage between genders of the same sex has been under hot debate frequently during the last few years and it wasn’t until recently that the U.S Supreme Court Ruled that States do not have the right to ban same-sex marriage. Although the voting between the justices were close, 4 votes against and 5 in favor, I believe that they have made the appropriate decision. The law should provide a sense of equal dignity to all people following it. People shouldn’t have to spend their life unmarried,…

The HARP categorizes men who reported male-male sexual contact and sexual contact with both males and females as men who have sex with men (DOH, 2015). In 2015, MSM comprised of 89% (6,465) of the total reported cases of MOT via sexual contact among men in the Philippines. Within the past five years, 87% (20,744) of sexually transmitted cases were among MSM. From the start of the epidemic in 1984, 85% (22, 525) of total reported sexually transmitted cases were among MSM. Overall, the rates of…

the actual legal and religious issues at stake here? Does Ms. Davis have the right under law to be granted an exemption from these duties of issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples? Have her rights been violated? What is the law? What is the actual request being made? What are some legal precedents that come into play? First of all Ms. Davis was jailed not for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples in violation of her conscience. She in actuality refused to issue any…

sexual conduct in the fourth degree. Law enforcement officers arrested him after having consensual sex with a 14-year old girl he met online. She led him to believe that she was 17-years old–one year past the age of consent in the state of Michigan. The girl and her family are impartial and take responsibility; they pushed for leniency. Despite this, the judge sentenced the college student to 90 days in jail, 5 years of probation, and required him to register as a sex offender for 25 years.…

Same-sex marriages has taken a toll on American people over the last decade or more. In this paper I will go over the history of same-sex marriage, religion and sex-marriages, discrimination, ideal image of a family, and how legalizing same-sex marriage will truly create equality for all. First, Same-sex marriages and couples has been around form even before Christianity. There has been many evidence that show same-sex marriage was accepted and was consider normal before Christianity was around…

states implemented abstinence-only sex education. Even after accounting for confounding variables such as socioeconomic status or access to family planning services, they found that the increased emphasis on abstinence-based sex education was positively correlated with teenage pregnancy. This was shown on a national level, but also state based. The teenage pregnancy rates are highest in the states that heavily require abstinence…

The chapter Public Order Crimes in Criminology 2nd Canadian Edition by Adler et al. (2012), revealed some of Canada 's history for drug laws and discrimination against certain groups of people, however it is still evident in the current drug laws today aswell (p.339-41). Although women are not usually violent drug offenders, or leading criminals, they have become disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. Drug trafficking offences often overlook the quantities of drugs involved in the case…

with little to no coverage. In contrary to what these advertisements may suggest, prostitution is not legal in Clark County. Other counties, in the outskirts of the city, do tolerate this act and have brothels operating which offer the exchange of sex for money (Comella). These misconceived ideas of the city may be rooted from the history of prostitution in a small section of Las Vegas called Block 16 (Comella). Lynn Comella, a professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, describes…