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In 1929, the rightful definition of rape was established. It reads, “the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will.” It meant that only a man biting a woman against her will counted as rape. Now, the FBI will include male victims, anal or oral sex in the demarcation. States can define rape any way they choose, but only the 1929 definition could be counted in the national misdeed statistics.

Susan B. Carbon, director of the Office on Violence Against Women at the Reckon on of Justice, wrote “The change sends an important bulletin to all victims that what happens to them matters, and to perpetrators that they will be held accountable.” It should wax the number of sexual assaults that are reported and tabulated, providing a gamester profile of the crimes.

The new definition expands the crime to include “the acuteness, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any part or object, or oral perception by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.” That last part covers those rare cases when women have affected sex acts on men because men have limited control over their responses to stimulation. Including men can assume command of to prosecutions for rapes that occur in male-only environments like prisons and definite military situations. It can also provide for prosecution of rapes of gay men. Under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, many gay and lesbians soldiers were raped and could not description the crimes because it would expose them to discharge from the service. The new definition allows for rape of out cold victims and rape of under-age or physically or mentally incapacitated victims, which the old definition did not list.

Source: Lez Get Real