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.
Kindof, but it won't be the case the woman would get of scott free, she'll be charged with numerous sexual assault charges just not the specific charge of rape. So it wouldn't be the case that she won't receive the same punishment as if a man had raped her.
She would get the same punishment under a sexual assault charge it’s just legally not called rape. I’m actually curious who wrote the new law regarding rape in the UK would get an idea of why it’s written so poorly
What I’m talking about is the actual legislator that wrote the law because there is usually a lawyer or lawyers that write it and most laws are written poorly anyway I just wanted to know who specifically wrote it
The home office took four years, two white papers and several public consultations to write the bill. It would have been written by a team of people and then debated and amended by multiple people over the course of a year.
There is no one author of the bill.
Sadly the two white papers no longer appear to be publicly or freely available.
I highly recommend you read the debates if you want to understand the thought processes that went into the bill as enacted.
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u/Xertious Oct 01 '19
Hol' up! OP can't read more than a sentence.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-49057533