Spain says non-consensual sex is rape, toughens sexual violence laws

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Spanish government approved a law on Tuesday to define all non-consensual sex as rape, part of a legislative overhaul that toughens penalties for sexual harassment and mandates more support systems for victims.

It approved the bill five years after what became known as the 'wolf pack' case, in which five men gang-raped an 18-year old woman at Pamplona's bull-running festival, causing public outrage and prompting calls to reform laws on sexual violence.

The draft still requires parliamentary approval, which is expected by the end of the year.

Based around a "yes means yes" model, which qualifies any non-consenting sex as rape, the law will bring Spain into line with 11 other European countries, including Sweden, Portugal and Britain, that use similar legal definitions

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/spain-says-non-consensual-sex-is-rape-toughens-sexual-violence-laws/ar-AALQ1Y2

[jimfields33]

1. One thing people forget is a guy can say no too

Wife wants sex. Husband doesn’t feel like it and says no. She starts making him by ripping off clothes. Rape. Marital rape is a thing.

[kcr]

2. Guess Spain should have done nothing, then n/t

[jimfields33]

6. They can do anything they want. Just pointing out that anybody can be raped.

[kcr]

11. Just pointing that out for no reason, huh? n/t

[Polybius]

3. My wife does that to me sometimes

Should she be charged?

[jimfields33]

5. lol. Only if you charge her.

[obamanut2012]

8. What does that have to do with the OP?

[jimfields33]

9. It says nonconsexual sex can be rape.

[LanternWaste]

10. Who exactly has forgotten that?

Or are you merely reminding people of something that has not been, in fact, forgotten?

[Azathoth]

4. How can there be non-consensual sex that isn't rape?

These definitions sound tautological to me. I can't imagine how a rape law could be written that somehow permits forms of intentionally non-consensual sex.

I get the feeling this is more about reducing the need for evidence that the sex was non-consensual.

[ismnotwasm]

7. Jesus Christ

When is non consensual sex NOT rape? There is reluctant sex, but consent still has to be present. There is coercion rape, where a variety of tactics are applied, everything EXCEPT obtaining genuine consent.