Submitted on Saturday 29th October 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the legal definition of rape such that it includes female-on-male rape.
It is very harmful to society for the law to discriminate against males when it comes to the offense of rape. By skewing the legal definition of rape to only apply to males, the law is helping to perpetrate the very damaging negative stereotype that "all rapists are men, and all men are rapists".
Definition of rape vs sexual assault:
http://content.met.police.uk/Article/Definitions/1400008450549/1400008450549
Common belief that "all men are rapists":
http://jezebel.com/5279283/is-there-a-rapist-in-waiting-in-every-guy
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/blameonenotall-the-meninist-rape-campaign-that-spectacularly-backfired-10278297.html
http://www.dailywire.com/news/8386/feminist-journalist-all-men-are-rapists-and-should-amanda-prestigiacomo#
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