"gender violence" instead of 'sexual assault"

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IamalsoSpartacus · 29/04/2017 00:43

The language in this Independent story has confused me - surely rape is sexual assault, not gender assault? Is this an example of language being modified to reflect the new reality of gender being more 'real' than sex, or am I just confused?

(I'm also surprised it's only being described as 'rape-adjacent' not rape, but that's not my main issue with the article.)

"Removing a condom during sex - known as stealthing - transforms a consensual act into a non-consensual one. It's a little-discussed form of gender violence, but that is all changing thanks to a new study into the phenomenon, published last week."

Full story: www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/stealthing-men-remove-condoms-sex-without-consent-during-mid-coitus-a7700906.html

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0phelia · 29/04/2017 15:18

More on topic though, yeah it's not "gender violence" is it? Surely it's plain and simple male violence. Women can't wear a condom
Male aggression? Rape?

0phelia · 29/04/2017 15:16

Julian Assange was guilty/accused of this and had to go into hiding for ever.
So many other blokes out there get away with it, and if it's reported the police laugh at this non-crime.

It happens a lot to prostitutes.
I've had it happen. You tell the police about this form of rape, they laugh in your face "what do you expect? What do you want us to do about it?"

Stealthing is one of the reasons I am pro-Nordic Model on prostitution. Cut through the crap. If a bloke does this to you, just prove he paid you for sex. That's all. Doesn't matter what he actually did to get reported. Just report him for paying for sex because you can't prove anything else. So simple.

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 29/04/2017 15:05

How horrible. If that had happened to me I'd consider it a form of rape.

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