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http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a44886/stealthing-is-not-a-trend-its-sexual-assault/
The reality is that, stripped of its trendy new name, "stealthing" is a common form of domestic violence, which is typically called "reproductive coercion." It includes, not just removing or sabotaging condoms, but a wide array of tactics intended to sabotage birth control or render it unavailable. "Reproductive coercion" cases are hard to take to court—either because the laws don't exist, or because the cases are difficult to prove—but it's still regarded as unambiguously abusive. It's also common: In 2010, the National Domestic Violence Hotline surveyed 3,169 women, and found that a quarter of them had been ordered not to use birth control. In another survey, 16 percent of women reported that their partners "poked holes in condoms, hid birth-control pills, or threatened them if the women didn't get pregnant."
May 1, 2017