Going to the toilet is now a form of consent?!

Doesn't Italy have a very odd legal definition of rape?

The idea that leaving a door ajar is consent to sex is ridiculous, but seeing as even in the UK a man was acquitted of rape because he claimed he fell onto the victim and accidentally penetrated her, sadly it's not a unique case

"The Italian definition of rape is not consent based, but requires a showing of force, threat, or abuse of authority. This does not conform with international standards on consent, much less with the Istanbul Convention’s guidance of affirmative consent." gen-pol.org/2019/06/legislative-approaches-to-rape-in-the-eu-outlining-case-study-examples/

in practice in many (sexist) courtrooms you would think all men were entitled to have sex with all women all the time and it was her responsibility to stop then if she doesn't want to. But yeah Italy is particularly bad.

He shouldn't have been in there in the first place.

This seems a good opportunity to check if you have read through the following documents, which clarify the position on the legal rights (Equality Act, 2010) of women and girls, men and boys.

On 4th July 2022, Kemi Badenoch, as Minister of State for Equalities, Local Government, Faith and Communities, made a detailed statement regarding the importance of separate male and female toilets, in municipal and private sector locations, and including sex-specific toilets for children in schools. Here is a link to the full statement:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-07-04/hlws169
On 10 August, Attorney General Suella Braverman's spoke on Policy Exchange about Equalities legislation. You can see the full speech here:

www.gov.uk/government/speeches/equalities-and-rights-conflict-and-the-need-for-clarity
Section 3.3, is about single sex spaces; followed by an interesting section on schools, e.g. (quote): “It is lawful for a mixed school to refuse to allow a biologically and legally male child, who identifies as a trans-girl, from using the girls’ toilets.”

Please always remember the clear legal definition of sex:
Legal Definition:
Part 2 (Equality Concepts), Chapter 1 (Protected Characteristics), Section 11
In relation to the protected characteristic of sex –
(a)
A reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a man or a woman
Explanation:
Sex is a protected characteristic and refers to a male or female of any age. In relation to a group of people it refers to either men and/or boys, or women and/or girls.
A comparator for the purposes of showing sex discrimination will be a person of the opposite sex. Sex does not include gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
With regard to toilets, we do need a proportionate number of gender-neutral toilets for the use of people with visible or invisible health issues, who require the assistance of a Carer of the opposite sex, which could also be used by people who do not feel comfortable using their “birth” single-sex toilet.
Please pass on the facts about sex, and do not be bullied!
Best wishes,
The Mother of Invention

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Those poor rape victims in Italy, what a disgrace the country has such a rape enabling definition of rape
Thank you for your post @OfInvention , those legal facts are important and should be repeated over and over whenever circumstances arise.
The words shouldn't be bent to mean something they really are not

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

<makes a note to never go to Italy>