RE: Differing degrees of rape?
October 19, 2014 at 12:21 am
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2014 at 12:27 am by Anomalocaris.)
(October 18, 2014 at 11:47 pm)Brakeman Wrote: OK then, so does the rape act against a man repulse you to the same extent?
Irrelevant. Either a person has a right against violation or not. How repulsive the violation might seem to others who are not themselves being violated is irrelevant.
The law must be particularly sensitive to the sort of violation which is against the principle of individual dignity, but which social customs exhibit an incompatible permissiveness. After all, protecting those who would otherwise not be protected is the justification for why laws exist.
(October 18, 2014 at 11:47 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Would a woman face the same punishment as a man? Should she?
Yes.