Submitted on Wednesday 8th March 2017
Rejected on Friday 17th March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the legal definition of rape so that it doesn't exclude male rape victims
In the U.K. - rape is "penetration with a penis" - this excludes males assaulted by females and females assaulted by other females. A woman could force a man inside of her and it wouldn't be classed as rape.
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