your honor, i was raped

JoeyPeeps

Is it ever an acceptable excuse?

Afroshack

What?!

CIARAN_BOYLE

JoeyPeeps wrote: »

Is it ever an acceptable defence?

Defence for what?

I assume you are asking if a woman can accuse a man of rape and if the man can cou ever accuse the woman of rape?

If so the answer is no.

It's impossible for a woman to rape a man under Irish law (accept by way of use of an implement).

JoeyPeeps

i should of said excuse

CIARAN_BOYLE

JoeyPeeps wrote: »

i should of said excuse

Excuse for what?

JoeyPeeps

For criminal acts.

Peregrinus

We don't have "excuses" in Irish law. We have "defences" - which if successful result in an acquittal, with or without conviction for a lesser offence than the one charged - and we have "circumstances in mitigation", which won't get you acquitted but may be relevant to the sentence you will get when convicted.

Having been raped is not in itself a defence to any crime, but depending on the circumstances it might be part of a defence of self-defence or provocation to a charge of, e.g., murder. It may well be a circumstance in mitigation, but that depends on the charge, the context, etc, etc.

If you could expand your question by setting out some hypothetical facts and a hypothetical charge, it would probably be more meaningful.

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goz83

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Defence for what?

I assume you are asking if a woman can accuse a man of rape and if the man can cou ever accuse the woman of rape?

If so the answer is no.

It's impossible for a woman to rape a man under Irish law (accept by way of use of an implement).

Rape by deception.

Rape with use of drugs.

Rape under threat of harm

Rape while sleeping

I don't see how it's impossible....just not likely to even be reported and that's probably because so many people hold your opinion on the subject.

The near end of 40 days and 40 nights is (although fictional) an example of what I would consider to be a man being raped by a woman.

ohnonotgmail

goz83 wrote: »

Rape by deception.

Rape with use of drugs.

Rape under threat of harm

Rape while sleeping

I don't see how it's impossible....just not likely to even be reported and that's probably because so many people hold your opinion on the subject.

The near end of 40 days and 40 nights is (although fictional) an example of what I would consider to be a man being raped by a woman.

whatever about the practicalities of the act it is not possible for a woman to rape a man given the definition of rape under law, with the exception of a woman using an implement.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1990/act/32/section/4/enacted/en/html#sec4