Legal Aspects

被禁止的性行為與性暴力

成人與兒童的性接觸: 亂倫: 有關的法律方面

大多數人可能都會滿足於把近親屬之間的性交作為亂倫的定義。不過,對於刑法來說,這個定義過於模糊。性交的嚴密的含義究竟是什麼?它只是意味著陰莖-陰道交媾嗎?或者它也意味著手交(manual intercourse)、口交、肛交甚至視交(visual intercourse)呢?而且,什麼是近親屬呢?這只是意味著像父母與孩子或兄弟與姐妹這樣的血緣關係最近的親屬嗎?或者它是否也包括同父異母兄弟與姐妹、同母異父兄弟與姐妹、堂兄弟姐妹、表兄弟姐妹和同父異母堂兄弟與姐妹呢?它是否包括繼父母與繼子女呢?亂倫也可能發生在同性別的近親屬之間嗎?

對於這些疑問,不同的立法機構會找到不同的答案,而且也有明確載明的不同的懲罰條款。甚至,在一些國家,只要涉及到的個人是同輩人(例如兩個未成年人或兩個成人),亂倫同樣根本就不是犯罪行為[1]。在成人及其孩子之間的亂倫常常在不同的法令下被指控。考慮到所有這些方面,呈現給大家的本教程不可能詳細展開討論。因此,我們只是就成人及其孩子之間的亂倫所做的觀察研究作概要性的討論。

 

[1].France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Japan, Turkey, and many Latin-American countries.

Prohibited Sexual Behavior and Sexual Violence

Adult Sexual Contact with Children: Incest: Legal Aspects

Most people are probably content with the definition of incest as “sexual intercourse between close relatives” However, for the criminal law this is too vague. What exactly is meant by “sexual intercourse”? Does it mean only coitus or also manual, oral, anal, and even visual intercourse? And what are “close relatives”? Does this mean only the closest blood relatives like parent and child or brother and sister, or does it also include half-brothers, half-sisters, cousins and half-cousins? Does it include step-parents and step-children? Can incest also occur between relatives of the same sex?
Different legislatures have found different answers to these questions and have also specified different punishments. Indeed, in some countries incest as such is not a crime at all as long as the individuals involved are of the same generation, for example, two minors or two adults 1. . Incest between adults and their children is often prosecuted under different statutes. In view of all this, the present course cannot go into details. Instead, we will restrict ourselves to some general observations about the incest between adults and their children.

1.  France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Japan, Turkey, and many Latin-American countries.

[Course 6] [Description] [How to use it] [Introduction] [Development] [Basic Types] [Variations] [Prohibited Behavior] [Sex with Children] [Prostitution] [Sexual Violence] [Additional Reading] [Examination]