Consent: HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law
MovieTitle | Consent: HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Nov 26, 2015 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Alison Duke |
Production country | Canada |
Run time | 27 min. |
In their own words, eight women — leading feminist scholars, attorneys and women living with HIV — shine a light on the problems of using sexual assault law to prosecute alleged non-disclosure of HIV. Does the legal concept of consent, intended to protect women’s sexual autonomy, in fact increase their risk of violence and discrimination when used to criminalize HIV?