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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX I D.O.R.A. REGULATION 4OD (ISSUED MARCH 1918) The Order stated that " No woman who is suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form shall have sexual intercourse with any member of His Majesty's Forces, or solicit or invite any member of His Majesty's Forces to have sexual intercourse with her. "If any woman acts in contravention of this Regulation, she shall be guilty of a summary offence against these Regulations. "A woman charged with an offence under this Regulation shall, if she so requires, be remanded for a period (not less than a week) for the purpose of such medical examination as may be requisite for ascertaining whether she is suffering from such disease as aforesaid." l This was opposed by the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene on the ground that: (1) It was unequal between the sexes; (2) It created an offence incapable of proof; (3) It reintroduced the compulsory medical examination of women; (4) It encouraged the false idea that vice could be made safe; 1 This is quoted in full as an example of a modern return to the principles of the CD. Acts. (5) It exposed any woman to malicious denunciation by men of bad character. The Regulation was withdrawn as unworkable in November 1918. APPENDIX II The Medical Women's Federation issued (December 1919) "Some Suggestions as to the Duty of the State in the Control of Venereal Disease," price 3d., obtainable from the Secretary, 9 Philford Street, W.i. This admirable summary exposes the NeoRegulation which is being promoted in many countries to-day under the guise of hygiene and shows the fundamental unity of many suggested "new" remedies with the old Regulationist principles, e.g. Notification and Compulsory treatment, Penalisation for infecting another,...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230395202
- ISBN 13 9781230395203
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages28
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