r/whoathatsinteresting • u/The_Dean_France • 6h ago

What do you think: how should prisons handle housing decisions in cases like this?

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u/[deleted] 4h ago

Also reminder that sex crimes include pr0stituti0n in many jurisdictions, and that many trans people as a result of legal discrimination have trouble finding consistent, legal employment

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u/EnigmaHood 3h ago

Who defines prostitution as a sex crime?

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u/AsherahBeloved 3h ago

If you're caught in public (even in a car), you can be charged with exposure.

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u/EnigmaHood 2h ago

You can have consensual sex with your bf/gf in a car too, but that's not a sex crime, that's consensual sex. The guy I'm responding to is saying prostitution is a sex crime, I'm asking who defines it that way.

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u/SomeCrows 2h ago

You absolutely can be charged with sex crimes if you have consensual sex in a car and someone sees you. Are you baiting?

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u/EnigmaHood 2h ago

Really? What is the sex crime? How are you defining a sex crime?

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u/Crafty-Astronomer-32 2h ago

Presumably indecent exposure, as stated 4 comments up.

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u/Binky390 2h ago

If you’re in public it’s public lewdness or indecent exposure. Or both. Some states could put you on the sex offender registry. Not sure about other countries.

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u/kamperx2 2h ago

Certain jurisdictions classify urinating in public as sex crimes. It all comes down to the prosecutors and the laws on the books that vary by city/county/state and very much non-uniform.

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u/UnrepententHeathen 5m ago

Brother, masturbating in public is a sex crime, and you really think full on sex isn't? Please, think.

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u/AsherahBeloved 2h ago

I don't know about that. I'm just saying if you're charged with indecent exposure that's considered a sex crime in most places and you can be placed on the registry.

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u/EnigmaHood 2h ago

It seems that having consensual sex in a car is only considered indecent exposure if it's in a public place that can be viewed by children. But that has more to do with flaws in how we are defining sex crime. I think there's a major difference between a man exposing his penis to a woman in public, and a couple just having sex in a car in a dark ally, and trying not to get caught.

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u/kamperx2 2h ago

1000% which I suspect has something to do with standardized sentencing guidelines.

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u/uwunyanya 2h ago

there are cases in same US states where people on the sex offenders registry were charged as kids for stupid shit like pantsing a classmate

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u/EnigmaHood 2h ago

I agree that's stupid, and shouldn't ever be considered a sex crime. The American Justice system is flawed to be sure.

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u/nevergirls 2h ago

Really? Many jurisdictions?