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As if "just plain assault" is somehow better than "sexual assault".
by krick 6y ago
As if "just plain assault" is somehow better than "sexual assault".
- blintz 6y agoSorry, the phrasing there is unfortunate - what I'm trying to say is that there was an already strange moral 'ordering' to crimes (that I agree is artificial) that was slowly eroded.
- DanBC 6y agoIt depends a bit on where you are. In England sexual assault requires deliberate physical contact; the contact has to be sexual; and there has to be no consent or belief of consent. Common assault doesn't require any of that, and you can be convicted of assault without physically touching the victim.