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Why is sex special in assault cases?  [message #68559] Wed, 23 July 2014 06:57 Go to previous message
timmy

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I have deliberately chosen to start a new topic because I do not want to dilute the thread about sexual abuse.

Sex seems to be classified as special when it comes to the crime of assault. I have long failed to understand this, though, if pregnancy is the result I do see how rape can have a much more lingering effect than a simple assault.

Why is a blow not a blow, a threat not a threat? Why does the involvement of genitalia turn a 'simple' attack in to a special class of attack?

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