Throughout history, women have faced punishment that has ranged from mild to extreme History maintained more rigid rules than we might recognize today for women’s behavior and roles, and a step out of line might call for a cruel punishment to remind women of their positions in society Women accused of witchcraft threatened the orderliness of christian societies, prostitutes or adulterers. (c) for purposes of this section, act of sexual abuse means any act that is a violation of one or more of the following penal laws (1) aggravated kidnapping under section 20.04 (a) (4), if the actor committed the offense with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually (2) indecency with a child under section 21.11 (a) (1), if the actor committed the offense in a manner other than.
For fornicators and adulterers god will judge. At any given point in history some forms of sex were condoned while others were punished mercilessly Jump back or forward a century or two or cross a border and the harmless fun of one society becomes the gravest crime in another This work tells the story of the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior. 1996 report to the congress Sex offenders are arguably one of the most stigmatized populations in the united states
These laws make is nearly impossible for individuals with past sex offenses to reintegrate into society in any meaningful way.
OPEN
