Sometimes the law is clean cut (you need at least some type of documentation saying you are 21 to buy alcohol). But when the law is less clear, more often than not, pesky little statutes seem to slip by even the most diligent lawmakers and end up causing more problems for college students than Mary Pat Clarke.
After one especially interesting class, I approached my professor about helping me with this article. For the greater good of the Hopkins community, he agreed and steered me towards the correct reading material. And so I bring you Maryland's legal opinion on your sex life.
Take the quiz below and we'll see just how many of you are actually ready to head to law school .
1) It was illegal to buy a dildo in Maryland until:
a. 1800
b. 1920
c. 1978
d. 1990
2) What is the fine (per machine) for selling non-latex condoms through an "automatic device"?
a. $0
b. $50
c. $200
d. $1000
3) Where can you not sell contraception by a vending machine?
a. At Hopkins.
b. In a bar.
c. Near any kindergartens, elementary or high schools.
d. Next to cigarette machines.
4) Adultery is ___ in Maryland?
a. Legal
b. Illegal
5) What is not included in the Maryland Legislature definition of "Sadomasochistic abuse":
a. Flagellation of someone naked.
b. Flagellation of someone wearing a revealing or bizarre costume.
c. Binding, fettering, or physically restraining an individual who is sleeping.
d. Binding, fettering, or physically restraining an individual who is wearing a revealing or bizarre costume.
6) Which of these terms has not been defined by the Maryland Legislature?
a. Sexual conduct
b. Sexual act
c. Sexual excitement
7) Could you, if you so desired, "take the sexual organ of another" (or of an animal for that matter) into your mouth? In other words: is oral sex legal?
a. Yes
b. No
c. I don't care
8) If oral sex with man or beast is legal, can you ask someone to do it as a form of hazing as long as he/she consented to it?
a. Yes
b. No
Check back next week for the answers. But live it up until then, when the law will be laid down.
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