What You Need To Know About Stealthing

Guys are removing condoms during sex; is it a crime?

Edward Anderson
CrimeBeat
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3 min readFeb 26, 2021

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“I’m kind of a good girl — and I’m not. I’m a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect,” That is how Katy Perry describes herself and her views on sex. The important word here should be respected. When a couple agrees to have sex, all of the terms should be met.

However, the trend of stealthing is blurring the lines of consensual sex and rape. When a couple agrees to have safe sex but the male who will be penetrating decides to take off the condom during intercourse, that is stealthing. Some people, including officials, believe that it is a form of rape.

Here are some other things that everyone should know about the crime.

Not so Safe Sex

When two people agree to have safe sex, the expectation is that the man (or the top in the case of two men) will wear a condom during intercourse. When a guy goes stealth, he puts the condom on, but he will take it off before insertion. Sometimes the woman or bottom won’t even realize that they have just had unprotected sex. If they do find out, it’s not until after orgasm.

Laid Bare

One of the reasons that stealthing seems to be so popular is that the men seem to…

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Edward Anderson
CrimeBeat

Edward writes queer led stories that show that the LGBTQIA+ characters lives are multifaceted.