Change the legal definition of rape to include male victims of female offenders.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Change the current legal definition for rape in the sexual offenses act within the UK, to include male victims of female offenders. Make it legal for a woman to be able to rape a man so that male victims may get justice.

In 2021 it is still a debate in wether a woman can rape a man due to the legal definition involving penetration.
Many men are already too embarrassed or scared to come forward, so for the men that do come forward to be told that legally what they experienced was not rape, is absolutely horrifying and wrong.
This legal definition is only falsifying statistics for rape and male victims because they refuse to come forward, which causes a huge issue in so many ways.

Women may be charged with sexual assualt, but that does not give male victims true justice. There are many things that need correcting with rape convictions but this is a huge, huge issue that severely needs to be addressed.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

25 Oct 2021	Petition opened for signatures
1 Nov 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Nov 2021

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