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Brooklyn DA to Police: Stop Seizing Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution
As RH Reality Check has reported in the past, New York City police officers have historically used possession of condoms—especially a large number of condoms—as proof of prostitution. Officers have even confiscated some condoms to use as evidence. Such a policy clearly conflicts with public health goals of preventing STDs and HIV, yet efforts to overturn it have failed.
In a step toward ending the practice, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes sent a letter to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly explaining that his office would no longer use the possession of condoms as evidence of prostitution or “loitering for the purpose of prostitution.” The letter went on to say: “Accordingly, the collection and vouchering of condoms as evidence by members of your department [in cases in Brooklyn] should immediately cease.”
According to the New York Times, prosecutors in Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx do not have official policies on this topic but say they rarely use condoms as evidence. Still, there are questions as to whether large quantities of condoms indicate sex trafficking, and some sex workers still wonder how many condoms is too many.
Surprise! Men and Women Lie about Their Sexual Histories
A new study finds that heterosexual college students are more likely to lie about sex than other gender stereotypical behavior. Researchers at Ohio State University gave 293 heterosexual students an anonymous questionnaire that asked about their sexual history as well as other activities that are often seen as gender-specific (such as driving fast or dressing up in the clothes typical of another gender). Then they attached the students to a fake polygraph machine and asked the questions.
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