Article 528 of the Rocco code of law was never approved. It stated that “anyone who commits libidinous acts on a person of the same sex, or consents to these acts, when this causes public scandal, is punished with a six months to three years prison sentence”, but to mention homosexuality, “the terrible vice”, would have meant to admit it existed. Italy had to be the country of real “new” men, dedicated to their families and to the demographic effort the regime required. It was a duty of every citizen to be strong, healthy, fertile. Any other life-style became synonymous of selfishness, single people were increasingly considered anti-fascist as they were implicitly critical of the regime rhetoric and values.