Chastity and Sexual Honesty of Young Women from the Judicial Perspective

Authors

  • Gustavo Fondevila Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18504/pl1632-203-2008

Keywords:

sexual honesty, purity, chastity, crimes of a sexual nature, statutory rape, moral, social appearance.

Abstract

In this article it is analyzed the way in which the judicial scope has outlined the acceptable sexual behavior of young women in the Mexican society. Since the beginning of the 20th century up to now, the constitutive elements of sexual crimes have served to construct a socially acceptable (moral) ideal of sexuality for young people. In this sense, social judgments as much as, judicial decisions agree in defining this ideal under the form of chastity, sexual honesty and purity.

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2008-07-01

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Fondevila, G. (2008). Chastity and Sexual Honesty of Young Women from the Judicial Perspective. Perfiles Latinoamericanos, 16(32), 203–227. https://doi.org/10.18504/pl1632-203-2008

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