Which of the following activities do you consider sexual misconduct?

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Which of the following do you consider sexual misconduct?

Adultery (Married person having sex with someone not their spouse)
58
21%
Cheating (Person in committed relationship having sex with someone not their partner)
59
21%
Sex between a married couple who did not have their parents' permission to marry
0
No votes
Sex between partners in a committed relationship who are not legally married
0
No votes
Sex between partners who have been on a few dates but don't have a deep commitment
3
1%
Casual sex
6
2%
Sex with a person of the same sex
8
3%
Sex with a person of the same biological sex but who identifies as the opposite gender
8
3%
Rape/coerced/non-consensual sex
71
25%
Pedophilia
69
24%
 
Total votes: 282

emaho
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Re: Which of the following activities do you consider sexual misconduct?

Post by emaho »

shaunc wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:34 pm Especially considering that in most Western countries they were the only 2 sexual activities on the list that are also crimes
strictly speaking pedophilia is not a sexual activity but a psychiatric disorder - a person suffering from it may or may not engage in pedophile actions. I ckecked it anyway because I assumed the OP meant pedophile actions. Maybe those who did not check pedophilia understood the term literally :shrug:
"I struggled with some demons, They were middle class and tame..." L. Cohen
tingdzin
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Re: Which of the following activities do you consider sexual misconduct?

Post by tingdzin »

I checked only one, because there are a lot of "ifs" and "buts" involved, and I was pleased to see that the majority of people who responded with more than votes felt the same way.
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