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How is urinating in public a sex offense? I'm releasing urine not having sex with it.

• codetrotter 3y ago
  Because in order to pee you have to expose your genitalia. I suppose the laws were made so that anyone exposing genitalia could be charged for it. That being said, it is completely stupid that people are actually made to register as sex offenders when they really were just peeing. Doubly so when they did so without anyone other than themselves seeing their private parts.
  • yywwbbn 3y ago
    Did this actually ever happen to anyone recently? I assumed it’s just mostly a myth
  • kshacker 3y ago
    > in order to pee you have to expose your genitalia They should visit India once. Of course many people will pee against an object (wall, tree) but at times not so hidden Incidentally saw this funny discussion yesterday (the comments are funny): https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedstatesofindia/comments/18ufbue/guys_goes_to_india_for_2_months_just_to_realise/?rdt=50630 https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedstatesofindia/comments/18ufbu... I think these United States have gone way above and beyond their duty as far as calling people sex offenders (not saying that Indians are right)
    • popcalc 3y ago
      You just need to go as far as Budapest.
      • pavel_lishin 3y ago
        You just need to go as far as Brooklyn on the subway.
• bigstrat2003 3y ago
  Because the law is badly written sometimes.
• pc86 3y ago
  Pee in public within a certain distance of a school and you'll probably find out.
• mythrwy 3y ago
  I know a guy that happened to. He was drunk and urinating by the side of the road in plain view and wound up registered as a sex offender. West Texas. This is his story that I've not independently verified, but I don't think he was an actual sex offender from what I knew of him. He was certainly a drunk though.
• BeFlatXIII 3y ago
  Because people may wee your weewee.