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Protesters denounce blockage of EU legislation defining rape as sex without consent
(www.euronews.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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It's wild that some countries doesn't consider it rape unless violence is used. Fucked up world.
Right... Like: "it's not a bank robbery if you don't use a gun!"
Robbery does require violence though.
Cybercrime? Insider job?
Does it? Quietly hand a note to the bank teller that says: "this is a robbery, put $10000 in a bag", then calmly walk out when they give it to you.
One could argue that there was violence implied, but that doesn't mean that violence was used.
Yeah the threat of violence makes it robbery (eg if you have a banana in your pocket but say you have a gun), just like terrorism can be either violence or the threat of violence to achieve a political goal. However, a bank heist would not be robbery, just like burglary or pickpocketing is not robbery.
This probably depends on jurisdiction. I also suspect "violence" in a legal sense is different from the everyday sense. I'm not a lawyer.
From the US FBI's web site:
Yes I did gloss over the "threat of violence" part and just included it in general as "violence".
So two of these things aren't violence. One is threats and one is making people afraid.
Which are two of the scenarios that the protestors say the rape laws should be made to cover.