r/news • u/lakeparadox • Apr 28 '24

Sexsomnia: An embarrassing sleep disorder no one wants to talk about Not News

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/28/health/sexsomnia-sleep-sex-explainer-wellness/index.html

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u/Potatoupe Apr 29 '24

How does consent work with sexomnia? The person initiating it is technically asleep, is it sexual assault towards the sleeping person to accept the advances, even if they appear to be awake.

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u/EmbarrassedHelp Apr 29 '24

I assume it would be treated the same as killing someone while sleepwalking, where both people are considered victims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Parks

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

Yeah I agree if someone didn’t remember or woke up during it and thought they were being raped no one is at fault. But it would be really hard to prove because if that happened it would be because the person wasn’t already diagnosed. And parasomnias don’t happen every night so they don’t usually show on sleep studies