Norwegian Court Convicts First Woman for Rape

Thrasher

Interesting land mark case:

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Norwegian Court Convicts First Woman for Rape Thu Apr 28, 9:15 AM ET

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian court has sentenced a woman to nine months in jail for raping a man, the first such conviction in the Scandinavian country that prides itself for its egalitarianism. The 31-year-old man fell asleep on a sofa at a party in January last year and told the court in the western city of Bergen he woke to find the 23-year-old woman was having oral sex with him.Under Norwegian law, all sexual acts with someone who is "unconscious or for other reasons unable to oppose the act" are considered rape.

Here for full story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050428/od_nm/crime_norway_sex_dc;_ylt=AvRSlM5ZHGzPuSVwJKgZW16s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2YnFncG91BHNlYwNvZA--

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Serious comments only please. (Any send-up merely proves the point that certain aspects of criminal law are still unequal; gender equality can work both ways).

thefuturehead

i could say something.


but i won't.

jrey1981

does it involve the word 'wish' by any chance?!

OfflerCrocGod

Maybe the guy had a weak stomach.

uberwolf

discussion in humanites forum on this one already

billy the squid

thefuturehead wrote:

i could say something.


but i won't.

It is this atitude that makes it even more difficult for victims of male rape to come forward. and that is the attitude "oh well if they did it to me it would be great".

To be forced into a sexual act by a "weaker sex" is considered shameful. still it is nice to see that people are recognising the fact that it happens.

flogen

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

Maybe the guy had a weak stomach.

what's that supposed to mean?