Amend Exclusionary R ape Law that excludes woman from committing R ape
The r ape definition uses gendered language ‘he’ and excluding female perpetrators from the legal definition. This excludes victims of female perpetrators by excluding them from official statistics, research, and denies them equal justice and support since sexual assault carried a lesser sentence.
More details
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1/crossheading/ /section/1
This definition concerns penetration ( emphasis) to the exclusion of envelopment (vaginal emphasis)
This breaks the Equality Act 2010, by indirect discrimination
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance
is “Forced to have sex against their will” yet a form of this is classed only as sexual assault, carrying a lesser sentence.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/167582
The r ape definition uses gendered language ‘he’ and excluding female perpetrators from the legal definition. This excludes victims of female perpetrators by excluding them from official statistics, research, and denies them equal justice and support since sexual assault carried a lesser sentence.
More details
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1/crossheading/ /section/1
This definition concerns penetration ( emphasis) to the exclusion of envelopment (vaginal emphasis)
This breaks the Equality Act 2010, by indirect discrimination
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance
is “Forced to have sex against their will” yet a form of this is classed only as sexual assault, carrying a lesser sentence.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/167582
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