Yance Ford's own struggle, at the time, was with her
sexual identity, which she felt compelled to keep hidden
until she was at college.
Starting from the premise that there is no medical test to prove
sexual identity, phallometry (a «pseudo-medical» examination attaching electrodes to measure
sexual response to pornography — a process used in cases in the Slovak and Czech republics
until 2011) was held by AG Sharpston in her July 2014 Opinion to be too ineffective and contrary to the Articles 3 and 7 of the Charter [par.