CRITICISMS OF THE LAWS ON RAPE AND OTHER

CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY

ADULTERY VS CONCUBINAGE

Archaic and obsolete

Unfair penalties (prision correccional for adultery & destierro for concubinage)

Difference in elements:• Adultery: mere sexual intercourse• Concubinage:

• Keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling• Under scandalous circumstances• cohabitation

SEDUCTION

Qualified Seduction• Requires moral ascendancy

Implies that girls 12-18 years of age can give consent

Cannot be prosecuted de oficio; requires a complaint filed by the offended party

RAPE

Rape against men• Requires anal penetration

Marriage extinguishes criminal liability