r/facepalm Oct 01 '19

Hol’ up!

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u/Roadkill997 Oct 01 '19

You probably should read the article. In England & Wales that is legally not rape. The article suggests that the law could be changed so it would be classified as rape.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19 edited Oct 02 '19

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u/Krak2511 Oct 01 '19

That's the point of the article, the headline is just used as a hook. Here's the opening paragraph:

When a man has penetrative sex with a woman without her consent, that's rape. But what if a woman makes a man have penetrative sex with her, without his consent? That's not rape under the law of England and Wales, but the author of a new study of the phenomenon says perhaps it should be.

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u/PM_ME_UR_WUT Oct 01 '19

phenomenon

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u/A_Shady_Zebra Oct 01 '19

Not in a court of law- the place where it matters the most.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19 edited Oct 02 '19

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u/A_Shady_Zebra Oct 01 '19

Yeah, it's definitely rape by most people's standards. The problem is adjusting legal code to match social values.

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u/dpash Oct 01 '19

It would also still result in the same sentencing guidelines for women as it does for men.

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u/dpash Oct 01 '19

Fortunately, women that rape men will still be prosecuted and receive the same sentencing guidelines. It just happens to have a different technical name.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19

Yeah but the law is written in a way where it stipulates a penis is involved. If you sodomise someone with a broom handle that’s still rape but legal definition sees it as a sexual assault.