Democrats in Wisconsin now wish to label the act of removing a condom during consensual sex a criminal activity.
The trend known as "stealthing," would be considered "sexual assault" if the new bill introduced by Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Melissa Sargent passes the state legislature.
"I am introducing LRB-3346/1, which would include this behavior in our sexual assault statutes," wrote Rep. Sargent.
"Under the bill, if an actor removes a sexually protective device such as a condom before or during sexual intercourse or other sexual contact without his or her partner's permission, there has been no valid consent to that sexual act," reads the bill.
The bill follows a report in a Columbia Journal of Gender and Law that said: "Nonconsensual condom removal during sexual intercourse exposes victims to physical risks of pregnancy and disease and, interviews make clear, is experienced by many as a grave violation of dignity and autonomy," the report read.
Though an unquestionably immoral act, the Achilles heel to this bill is providing proof: by what measure does a court determine that a man willfully removed a condom during sex when he could just as easily say the condom broke or it came off accidentally?
Knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse with an STD and not telling your partner is one thing, but this opens up whole other legal can of worms. Also, isn't this sexist? The bill also says nothing about women who lie to their partners about being on the pill or nefariously get themselves pregnant after the fact. We thought sexism was supposed to be bad.




