O nieujednoliconej semantyce terminów czynność seksualna, inna czynność seksualna i obcowanie płciowe w dyskursie prawnym

This paper discusses three basic legal terms describing forms of sexual activity, i.e. czynność seksualna (sexual act), obcowanie płciowe (sexual intercourse), and inna czynność seksualna (another sexual act). The overview was made against generalised concepts of prawa seksualne (sexual rights) and wolność seksualna i obyczajność (sexual freedom and decency). Consideration was given to pragmatic bipolarity of all terms, which assumed the form of torts or interests protected by law in legal texts and texts of the law. It was also noticed that there was no consistency in the methods of determining the meanings of the examined units in terms of jurisdiction and views of legal academics and therefore the study made an attempt at defining the indicated terms by capturing and interpreting ontological characteristics, which separate each concept semantically. The methodological structure was the linguistic and systemic criterion, which enabled the analysis of the identified terms in accordance with the special pragmatics of legal discourse.