Philippe Padieu, a 53-year-old karate instructor, has been sentenced in Texas to 45 years in prison for infecting six women with the virus that causes AIDS. The prosecution said he knowingly infected the women; the defense labelled him a "modern-day Cassanova"; the judge called him guilty. A 29-year-old Tennessean has fathered 21 children by 11 different women. Even with half of his wages garnished, he can afford child support of a couple dollars every week for each of his brood. Even if his boast of knowing all his children's names and birthdays were true, how would this father know his own children let alone father them? The scandal-sheet news demonstrates that the "consenting adults" argument--however theoretically (and hormonally) tempting--is often an oversimplification when it comes to sex. The 21 children, and however many aborted siblings, didn't consent to an absentee father; the six HIV-infected women consented to sex, not a disease that will kill them.