• GTKashi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The age bit here isn’t a big deal. This just catches national law up to the already lower end of prefectural laws (all 16 to 18 I think). The bigger change is that the victim no longer needs to prove they physically fought back for it to be considered non-consentual.

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      1 year ago

      The bigger change is that the victim no longer needs to prove they physically fought back for it to be considered non-consentual.

      Holy fucking shit.

    • Codo@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      I used to think the term “rape culture” was overblown, then I started reading shit like this. Absolutely disgusting. A victim has to physically fight back - putting them in greater danger and their lives at risk - AND they have to be able to prove it? How does a child prove they physically fought back even if they had the wherewithal to? Disgusting.