"Statutory rape" is a term that seems to mean, "It's not really rape, it's just a legal technicality that we have to pursue." If it's not really rape, then it shouldn't use the word at all.
"Molestation" is a term that seems to mean, "Something inappropriate that wasn't actually sex." I figure that term can still be kept, although my definition of it could use some improvement.
I want to eliminate the confusion and prosecute only those situations that really are "rape rape", with additional punishment for rapes committed against young humans lacking the legal ability to consent.
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Date: 2009-Oct-11, Sunday 10:45 pm (UTC)"Molestation" is a term that seems to mean, "Something inappropriate that wasn't actually sex." I figure that term can still be kept, although my definition of it could use some improvement.
I want to eliminate the confusion and prosecute only those situations that really are "rape rape", with additional punishment for rapes committed against young humans lacking the legal ability to consent.