Teenage German tourist raped on Indian train

[magical thyme]

89. Sorry, but b.s. If there was "one world definition" of rape, that might have meaning.

As it happens, there is not. In fact, in the US, there is not even "one country definition" of rape.

"The report’s comparative dimension should probably be ignored. Instead of assuming that there are four times as many rapes in Sweden as in neighbouring Denmark or Finland, as the figures suggest, to understand we would have to compare all the definitional and procedural differences between their legal systems. It is significant that Sweden counts every event between the same two people separately where other countries count them as one. Most of Sweden’s rapes involve people who know each other, in domestic settings. "

"In many countries, and in many people’s minds, rape means penetration, usually by a penis, into a mouth, vagina or anus. In Swedish rape law, the word can be used for acts called assault or bodily harm in other countries.

http://www.thelocal.se/20090511/19376


"Under Swedish law, consensual sex can be classified as ’rape’....

If there is no proof of force or threat of force, the judges will consider the intent of the perpetrator. In practice this leads to many cases of ’word against word’ in which the man will have to prove his innocence. This reverses the burden of proof that is basic to criminal trials in Western legal systems, in which the accused is innocent until proven guilty.....

Sweden has three categories of ’rape’:
• gross rape (4-10 years imprisonment)
• ordinary rape (2-4 years imprisonment)
• minor rape (0-4 years imprisonment)

"Sweden’s definition of legal rape includes the idea of ’unlawful coercion’, which involves exerting emotional pressure on someone to have sex."

http://justice4assange.com/Sexual-Offences.html