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Amend Exclusionary Rape Law that excludes woman from committing rape
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2,320 signatures
What the petition asks
The rape definition uses gendered language ‘he’ and excluding female perpetrators from the legal definition.This excludes victims of female perpetrators by excluding them from official statistics, research, and denies them equal justice and support since sexual assault carried a lesser sentence.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1/crossheading/rape/section/1
This definition concerns penetration (penile emphasis) to the exclusion of envelopment (vaginal emphasis)
This breaks the Equality Act 2010, by indirect discrimination
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance
Rape is “Forced to have sex against their will” yet a form of this is classed only as sexual assault, carrying a lesser sentence.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1
This definition concerns penetration (penile emphasis) to the exclusion of envelopment (vaginal emphasis)
This breaks the Equality Act 2010, by indirect discrimination
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance
Rape is “Forced to have sex against their will” yet a form of this is classed only as sexual assault, carrying a lesser sentence.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1
Timeline
| 22 Sep 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Mar 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,320
Status
Closed
Opened
22 Sep 2016
Closed
22 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.