Offenses that criminalize sexual conduct between willing parties or with the dead or animals, because of religious, moral or family-law rules rather than lack of consent, including incest, adultery, fornication, sodomy and the offense of zina in Islamic law. An offense belongs here when the conduct itself, not coercion, is what the law forbids. It excludes rape and the abuse of children. Entries placed here are Incest, Necrophilia, Bestiality, Sodomy, Adultery, Fornication and Zina.
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Necrophilia, Wikipedia
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sexual attraction or acts involving corpses, including both direct intercourse with corpses and sexual excitement at the thought or presence of one
Zina (Wikipedia)
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an Islamic legal term referring to unlawful sexual intercourse
Incest (Wikipedia)
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Incest ( IN-sest) is sexual activity between close relatives, such as a sibling or parent.
Bestiality (Wikipedia)
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Bestiality (en ) refers to cross-species sexual activity between humans and non-human animals.
Sodomy Law (Wikipedia)
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A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes.
Fornication (Wikipedia)
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Fornication generally refers to consensual sexual intercourse between two people who are not married to each other.
Adultery (Wikipedia)
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Adultery is generally defined as extramarital sex that is or was considered objectionable on social, religious and moral grounds, and which often resulted in legal consequences.
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