• Arlaerion@lemmygrad.ml
    19·
    3 months ago

    UK law is weird. Technically they’re right. In UK rape is defined as:

    (1) A person (A) commits an offence if—

    (a) he intentionally penetrates the vagina, anus or mouth of another person (B) with his penis,
(b) B does not consent to the penetration, and
(c) A does not reasonably believe that B consents.

    But as it is worded, especially the first top comment, it reads like defining rape.

    • MarxMadness@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      17·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, this is more of a redditor being pedantic (and another redditor not reading what they’re saying) than defending rape. “Well ackshually” meets “oh you aren’t immediately agreeing with everything I think??”

    • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
      151·
      3 months ago

      Its a law setup to discriminate against LGBT+ couples by diminishing any rape comitted against them,

      It isnt considerd ‘rape’ unless its man raping a women.

      Another ‘quirk’ of the UKs system which has a 3% conviction rate for rape

      Its one of those things where they know the situation is completely fucked up so they just change how they record it rather than address it.