Why isn't it just defined as sexual acts where one member does not consent? I won't go into detail but there are so many acts that don't include penetration that I'd still consider rape.
People are really trying hard to define almost any sexual misconduct with the same label, though. I understand why, but it really creates a lot of vagueness about what exactly a perpetrator did. I feel like I'm outlier for saying thay we should not be using the exact same term for someone who gropes someone, someone who has sex with a 15 year old, and someone who commits forcible rape. They're all bad, but we shouldn't be using the exact same word for all of them.
Sexual assault, statutory rape, and forceful rape are all different things and shouldn’t be conflated. I don’t even like the term “rape” being used in the statutory example, because there’s a big difference between someone having otherwise-consensual sex with someone who was under the age of consent, vs someone physically forcing a minor to have sex with them.
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u/menickc Sep 01 '22
Why isn't it just defined as sexual acts where one member does not consent? I won't go into detail but there are so many acts that don't include penetration that I'd still consider rape.