[Subject for discussion: is sexual abuse of a sleeping person possible or fantasy or simulated?].

  • Melanie Hohner
  • Klaus Püschel

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Abstract

There have been reports of sexual acts on sleeping women since ancient times. Whether this is possible at all has been under controversial discussion by lawyers and lay people. The paper presents two cases of non-consenting penetrating intercourse with sleeping women and various legal and expert opinions. The authors discuss the possible influence of drugs and alcohol.

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Original languageGerman
Article number5-6
ISSN0003-9225
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 22276371