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We have a similar issue here in Australia - legally you have sexual assault and indecent assault, and the defining factor between the two is whether or not penetration occurred.
One of the ways that rrape-culture is winning is by taking the word off the table when talking about all of this - it enforces the "it wasn't really rrape, it was just..." ideas. No, date rrape is rrape. Statutory rrape is rrape. Sexual assault is rrape. Indecent assault is rrape. We need to stop using fuzzy language to cover up this shit.
...this is also why the filter here drives me to distraction.
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