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Originally Posted by Damien
Yes that's what is annoying me. Lots of 'well if that's rape then we're all rapists!' stuff as well, slightly disconcerting....  |
Yes
They all seem to be ignoring the *fact* that the alleged offences would be offences under English law, and ignoring the *fact* that alleged offence number four (the allegation that Assange had sex with one woman while she was asleep) fits the definition of rape under English law.
I've seen comments online implying that because a man may not have an issue with being woken up by a woman having sex with him or performing oral sex on him, then what's the big deal regarding a woman allegedly being woken up by a man having penetrative sex with her. I've also seen comments from people joking that they must have therefore raped their partners previously if it's a crime to have sex without consent or to have sex with someone incapable of giving consent (i.e. due to sleep), and even seen comments harking back to the days when marital rape was legal.
It's disgusting.