Washington (CNN) -- The Justice Department announced Friday that it is expanding its decades-old definition of rape to include attacks against men. ( Cut for further descriptions of rape )
I have a gay friend who was raped by another man in a bar bathroom last year and I can't even tell you what he has gone through....this was necessary. Rape occurs in all communities, across all cultures and income levels. We often think of it as a "young woman being accosted and raped type thing". I am also glad oral sex was included as well.
Physical resistance is not required to demonstrate lack of consent.
The revised definition includes any gender of victim or perpetrator. It also includes instances in which a victim is incapable of giving consent because of mental or physical incapacity, such as intoxication. Physical resistance is not required to demonstrate lack of consent.
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Physical resistance is not required to demonstrate lack of consent.
THIS!!
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It's about time.
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godDAMN it is about time, shit.
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