Petition to make it illegal for police to have sex with sex workers before arresting them

[art_carnage]

@nimelennar

I’d like your thoughts about the following scenario:

Person A paid a sex worker to have sex with the worker.Part of the terms involved are that the sex worker is to be blindfolded, which the worker agrees to.When the sex worker removes the blindfold, the sex worker learns that they were really having sex with some other person B.

The nature of the act (“sex for money”) hasn’t changed, but the person who the sex worker had sex with is not the person that the worker thought they were agreeing to have sex with.

Rape by deception, or not?

Agreeing to the blindfold is also agreeing that they will not be able to reliably identify their partner. The sex worker knew that up front.

Here’s some scenarios for you:

1. A cop pays for sex with a prostitute. The subject of his job never comes up. He pays and leaves. The prostitute is not arrested, nor does she ever know he is a cop.

2. A cop pays for sex with a prostitute. The subject of his job doesn’t come up. Before leaving the cop says, “By the way, I’m actually a cop.” There is no mention of arrest.

3. A cop pays for sex with a prostitute. The subject of his job doesn’t come up. Before leaving the cop says, “I’m a cop, and you’re under arrest”. She is arrested for prostitution.

Now under which of those has rape been committed?