Legal Commentary

This is being ridiculed as an attempt to create a women's right to orgasms.

By Ann Althouse

A woman from the governing party in Ecuador has proposed that a women's right to enjoy sexual happiness should be enshrined in the country's law.

Her suggestion has provoked a lively debate in conservative Ecuador.

Maria Soledad Vela, who is helping to rewrite the constitution, says women have traditionally been seen as mere sexual objects or child bearers.

Now, she says, women should have the right to make free, responsible and informed decisions about sex lives.

Full post as published by Althouse on May 04, 2008 (boomark / email).