sodomy
sod·om·y
S0535100 (sŏd′ə-mē)sodomy
(ˈsɒdəmɪ)sod•om•y
(ˈsɒd ə mi)n.
| Noun | 1. | sodomy - intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman |
| 单词 | sodomy | |||
| 释义 | sodomysod·om·yS0535100 (sŏd′ə-mē)sodomy(ˈsɒdəmɪ)sod•om•y(ˈsɒd ə mi)n.
sodomysodomysodomysodomysodomy[sod´ah-me]sod·o·my(sod'ŏm-ē),sodomyAnal sex or other non-penovaginal copulation-like acts, especially between male humans or between a human and an animal.sodomySexologysod·o·my(sod'ŏm-ē)See also: sodomist sodomysodomySodomyAnal or oral intercourse between human beings, or any sexual relations between a human being and an animal, the act of which may be punishable as a criminal offense. The word sodomy acquired different meanings over time. Under the Common Law, sodomy consisted of anal intercourse. Traditionally courts and statutes referred to it as a "crime against nature" or as copulation "against the order of nature." In the United States, the term eventually encompassed oral sex as well as anal sex. The crime of sodomy was classified as a felony. Because homosexual activity involves anal and oral sex, gay men were the primary target of sodomy laws. Culturally and historically, homosexual activity was seen as unnatural or perverse. The term sodomy refers to the homosexual activities of men in the story of the city of Sodom in the Bible. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah because of their residents' immorality became a central part of Western attitudes toward forms of non-procreative sexual activity and same-sex relations. Beginning with Illinois in 1961, state legislatures reexamined their sodomy statutes. Twenty-seven states repealed these laws, usually as a part of a general revision of the criminal code and with the recognition that heterosexuals engage in oral and anal sex. In addition, state courts in 10 states applied state constitutional provisions to invalidate sodomy laws. As of early 2003, eight states had laws that barred heterosexual and homosexual sodomy. Three other states barred sodomy between homosexuals. In Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186, 106 S. Ct. 2841, 92 L. Ed. 2d 140 (1986), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Georgia sodomy statute. Michael Hardwick was arrested and charged with sodomy for engaging in oral sex with a consenting male adult in his home. A police officer was let into Hardwick's home to serve a warrant and saw the sexual act. Although the state prosecutor declined to prosecute the case, Hardwick brought suit in federal court asking that the statute be declared unconstitutional. On a 5–4 vote, the Court upheld the law. Writing for the majority, Justice byron r. white rejected the argument that previous decisions such as the Court's rulings on Abortion and contraception had created a right of privacy that extended to homosexual sodomy. Instead, the Court drew a sharp distinction between the previous cases, which involved "family, marriage, or procreation," and homosexual activity. The Court also rejected the argument that there is a fundamental right to engage in homosexual activity. Prohibitions against sodomy were in the laws of most states since the nation's founding. To the argument that homosexual activity should be protected when it occurs in the privacy of a home, White stated that "otherwise illegal conduct is not always immunized whenever it occurs in the home." Because the claim in the case involved only homosexual sodomy, the Court expressed no opinion about the constitutionality of the statute as applied to acts of heterosexual sodomy. The Bowers decision was severly criticized. Justice lewis powell, who voted with the majority, later stated that he had made a mistake in voting to affirm the law. In July 2003 the Supreme Court reversed itself on the issue of sodomy. In Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. ___, 123 S. Ct. 2472, 156 L. Ed. 2d 508, in a 6–3 decision, the Court invalidated a Texas anti-homosexual sodomy law by invoking the constitutional rights to privacy. Further readingsArnault, E. Lauren. 2003. "Status, Conduct, and Forced Disclosure: What Does Bowers v. Hardwick Really Say?" U.C. Davis Law Review 36 (February). Barnett, Walter. 1973. Sexual Freedom and the Constitution: An Inquiry into the Constitutionality of Repressive Sex Laws. Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press. Franklin, Kris. 2001. "The Rhetoric of Legal Authority Constructing Authoritativeness, the 'Ellen Effect,' and the Example of Sodomy Law." Rutgers Law Journal 33 (fall). Hickey, Adam. 2002. "Between Two Spheres: Comparing State and Federal Approaches to the Right to Privacy and Prohibitions Against Sodomy." Yale Law Journal 111 (January). Magnuson, Roger J. 1990. Are Gay Rights Right?: Making Sense of the Controversy. Updated ed. Portland, Ore: Multnomah. Savage, David G. 2003. "In Rulings, Echoes of 1992: The High Court Stuns Conservatives—Just as It Did More Than a Decade Ago." ABA Journal 89 (August). "Sodomy Laws." Available online at <www.sodomylaws.org> (accessed August 26, 2003). Steegmann, Edward P. 1988. "Of History and Due Process." Indiana Law Journal 63 (spring). Cross-referencesGay and Lesbian Rights; Sex Offenses. sodomyn. anal copulation by a man inserting his penis in the anus either of another man or a woman. If accomplished by force, without consent, or with someone incapable of consent, sodomy is a felony in all states in the same way that rape is. Homosexual (male to male) sodomy between consenting adults has also been found a felony, but increasingly is either decriminalized or seldom prosecuted. Sodomy with a consenting adult female is virtually never prosecuted even in those states in which it remains on the books as a criminal offense. However, there have been a few cases, including one in Indiana, in which a now-estranged wife insisted that a husband be charged with sodomy for sexual acts while they were living together. Traditionally sodomy was called "the crime against nature." Sodomy does not include oral copulation or sexual acts with animals (bestiality). (See: rape, bestiality) sodomythe crime of having even consensual sex by insertion of the male member into the rectum of another person. Gradually, over the last decades, consensual buggery has been legalized to prevent discrimination against homosexuals. Non-consensual cases are now RAPE in England and remain criminal, as sodomy, but not rape, in Scotland.SODOMY, crim. law. The crime against nature, committed either with man or beast. sodomy
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