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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.legal,net.singles
Subject: Re: Rape (anywhere, not just Ontario)
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Date: Sun, 4-Dec-83 00:13:33 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  4 00:13:33 1983
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Laura's point about treating rape as assault is a valid one, though
I don't quite agree with the rest of her argument.

The Canadian Criminal Code was amended about a year ago to get rid of
the definition of "rape" which required proving such things as penetration
(and the fact that the two were not married). The offenses now are
	- sexual assault
and	- aggravated sexual assault

Whether the victim is male or female is irrelevant to the charge.

Obviously, in light of the current discussion, the changes to the Code
have hardly succeeeded entirely in changing the public's approach to
rape to be one of assault. But the legislation now correctly treats
the crime as one of violence, not sexual passion.


Dave Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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