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Lying about vasectomy doesn’t make it rape.

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fascinated · 23/07/2020 18:47

www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/man-who-lied-about-vasectomy-has-rape-conviction-quashed-s9kb6x9q5

Very disappointing case.

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fascinated · 23/07/2020 19:05

He is a serial rapist, too. Not a nice chap.

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Imnobody4 · 23/07/2020 19:03

This is insane, it makes no sense
According to the three-strong panel — which included Lord Burnett, the lord chief justice and the most senior judge in England and Wales: “A lie about fertility is different from a lie about whether a condom is being worn during sex.”

Xenia · 23/07/2020 18:55

So never believe men saying they have had one on that case..... (same for men when women say they are on the pill)

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fascinated · 23/07/2020 18:53

Surely the consent is vitiated either way? I could understand a law that said consent to sex is consent to sex, and cannot ever be made conditional, but here they seemed to be saying it is fine to place some conditions on it but not others.

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fascinated · 23/07/2020 18:51

Exactly. I haven’t checked who the judges are but you wonder how they can have such little empathy for women.

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Jeeeez · 23/07/2020 18:50

But taking off a condom during sex without permission is...? That doesn't make any sense.