[dogbyte12]

Anal intercourse rape is more likely to spread disease (including the contracting of AIDS) than vaginal rape. Just a thought.

Let's be clear here though on what Kansas is though. Is there a disparity based on whose anus it is to be blunt. If a female is sodomized by a male, does the male get the same sentence as if the same act was committed upon a male.

I think alot of the honest confusion here, is the confusion on what sodomy means in what area. It has been defined to include anal sex, oral sex, and masturbation. Some people include 1, 2 or 3 in their definitions.

I am trying to do an apples to apples evaluation here. Let's toss vaginal sex out the window. Texas tossed heterosexual sodomy out the window and we know where that got them.

Is the same act, punished differently in Kansas or not? There is an argument to be made if in Kansas, anal sex on a girl is punished the same as on a boy, but vaginal sex is a different sentence, but from what I have read, there is a disparity based on the gender of the victim, not just the sexual act. Please anybody clarify if you know differently.

[AntiGuv]

Just so the two of you are aware, the first problem in this exchange is that the Kansas 'Romeo & Juliet' sentencing disparity only applies to oral sex....

[Torie]

I am not sure if the Kansas law distinguishes based on sodomy or on homo versus hetero. If the former (than unless one calls oral sex rape and sodomy), then there would seem to be a rational basis. If it is based on homo versus hetero, than one would be left with just Saber's point, that the infected male victim is more likely to spread his infection, than a female victim, and that gets a bit attenuated.