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US broadens definition of rape; includes male victims
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| Last Edited | RP Jan 06, 2012 03:00pm |
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| News Date | Friday, January 6, 2012 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Obama administration on Friday broadened the definition of the crime of rape to include more forms of sexual assaults such as rape of men and oral or anal sex, the first major revision to the definition in more than 80 years.
The new definition will include any gender of the victim and attacker and also assaults in which a victim cannot give consent because the individual has been incapacitated by drugs or alcohol, is under the age of consent, or is mentally or physically incapable of consent, the Justice Department said. |
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