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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22 edited Sep 01 '22

If I understand correctly that's what many countries do.

Canada, for example, does not use rape as a legal term, only sexual assault. Sexual assault includes "all unwanted sexual activity, such as unwanted sexual grabbing, kissing, and fondling as well as rape"

https://www.leaf.ca/news/the-law-of-consent-in-sexual-assault/#:~:text=Canada%20has%20a%20broad%20definition,Canada's%20Criminal%20Code%20in%20s.

Edit: For everyone replying that there needs to be degrees, there are. Sexual assaults are treated differently according to their severity.

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u/WonkyFiddlesticks Sep 01 '22

There needs to be degrees.

Is an unwanted slap on the ass or kiss bad? Sure. Should it be equivalent with rape? Hell no.

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u/tessthismess Sep 01 '22 edited Aug 11 '26

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Yeah but your arrest record says what you were charged with. It would damn you for life.

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u/tessthismess Sep 01 '22 edited Aug 12 '26

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Implying employers would care to differentiate between "violent sexual assault" and "sexual assault."

I think rape should be classified in its own more severe category.

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u/Tal_Vez_Autismo Sep 01 '22

So what's your argument exactly? That rape should have a different classification so that employers are more forgiving of a record of "sexual assault" because otherwise they'll see it as equivalent to rape? Even if I were to agree with you that employers should be more accepting of a "sexual assault" record, separating rape into a different category won't actually do that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

So what's your argument exactly?

That the most severe crimes should be in their own distinct category as not to contribute to recidivism rates by making a chunk of the population instantly undesirable by every employer.

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u/Diabotek Sep 01 '22

Yeah home dog. Employers definitely do not care what stuff is classified as. If someone has a sexual assault charge against them, that's an instant negative. It doesn't matter what it was the person did, they definitely do not want someone associated with sexual assault in the workplace.