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I would like the legal definition of rape be changed

Submitted on Wednesday 17th April 2024

Rejected on Wednesday 24th April 2024

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

I would like the legal definition of rape be changed

Petition Details

The current legal definition of rape states that it is the act of penetrating with a penis without consent. This means that by definition, a woman can not rape a man by having sex against his will

Additional Information

I would like to see the legal definition updated to having sexual intercourse with another against their consent. This would allow men who have been forced to have sex with a woman against their will to report this as rape.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for a similar action:

Change the law so women can be prosecuted for rape under the relevant Act: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659276

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