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Fornication  Sex between two unmarried persons.
Victorian compromise  The decision not to criminalize behavior per se and instead criminalize conduct that is visible to the outside world.
Rape  Nonconsensual oral, anal, or vaginal penetration, obtained by force, by threat of bodily harm, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent.
Incest  Sexual relations between persons closely related to each other.
Cohabitation  Unmarried persons living together (with sexual relations assumed).
Adultery  Intercourse involving persons at least one of whom is married to someone else.
Sodomy  Originally "crimes against nature"; in contemporary laws, oral and anal intercourse.
Exhibitionism  Showing one's genitals in a public place, to passersby; indecent exposure.
Voyeurism  Secretly watching people who are nude.
Prostitution  The exchange of sex for money or other payment such as drugs.
Obscenity  That which is offensive to decency or modesty, or calculated to arouse sexual excitement or lust.
Decriminalization  Removing an act from those prohibited by law, ceasing to define it as a crime.







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