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Anal sex between men is prohibited for this reason in Leviticus 18 and this is how the Romans behaved and worshiped as well.)
If it does refer to a particular sexual practices, there are a number of (and perhaps much more credible alternatives) than to viewing it as
all anal sex between men (i.e. «sodomy»).
Not exact matches
The state essentially allowed any sort of
sex —
anal sex, adultery, one - night stands —
between men and women, but forbade almost any intimate acts
between same -
sex couples.
And there is no higher risk of transmission
between two men engaged in
anal sex than there is a man and a woman engaged in
anal sex.
This transmission can come in the form of
anal, vaginal or oral
sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange
between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.
By the time of the 1954 amendment, however, it would appear that buggery had been confined to unnatural (
anal)
sex with a human; hence why a distinction was drawn
between buggery and bestiality.
We included in our analysis English - speaking female participants
between the ages of 14 and 19 years who, at baseline, had vaginal or
anal intercourse with an opposite
sex partner in the preceding 3 months, resided within the Baltimore metropolitan area, completed an interview on perceived parental supervision and communication, and provided a urine specimen for laboratory testing.