By SweetB
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Can a woman rape a man

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Under current UK legislation, only a man can commit rape. This paper argues that this is an unjustified double standard that reinforces problematic gendered stereotypes about male and female sexuality. I first reject three potential justifications for making penile penetration a condition of rape: (1) it is physically impossible for a woman to rape a man; (2) it is a more serious offence to forcibly penetrate someone than to force them to penetrate you; (3) rape is a gendered crime. I argue that, as these justifications fail, a woman having sex with a man without his consent ought to be considered rape. I then explain some further reasons that this matters. I argue that, not only is it unjust, it is also both a cause and a consequence of harmful stereotypes and prejudices about male and female sexuality: (1) men are ‘always up for sex’; (2) women’s sexual purity is more important than men’s; (3) sex is something men do to women. Therefore, I suggest that, if rape law were made gender neutral, these stereotypes would be undermined and this might make some (albeit small) difference to the problematic ways that sexual relations are sometimes viewed between men and women more generally.
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Deliana Interesting article. ?
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cathydkreations Nice article thanks for sharing. ???
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dorageorg So interesting!
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Strabunica013 Hello , hello , my dear @SweetB ! ❤️ ??? We wish you a happy and blessed Tuesday ! ❤️ ?❤️?
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Strabunica013 Very nice article ! ????
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Alianess I agree with your assertions. Here are two examples of women raping men.
There was an incidence in my country where a gang of women raped a man. In another scenario, female students at a boarding high school raped their Watchmen till he fainted.
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Explorer2017 Why not? We love it.
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