Sexual partners who remove their condoms without consent can now be taken to court
. While this is certainly a step in the right direction and more than any other state has done, it is at best a half measure that doesn’t go far enough to deter the behavior.a civil offense as opposed to a criminal offense is reportedly based on the needs of the victim.
What the ban on stealthing does accomplish is to shed light on how consensual sexual encounters do not always remain consensual from start to finish. Cristina Garcia, the state assemblymember who introduced the legislation, “says she hopes the new law will lead to others like it — as well as a more nuanced understanding of the many different kinds of sexual violence.”
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