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[–]wylanderuk 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Maybe she got charged for sexual assault because that is what she fucking well did and then she fucking lied about what she did to the police.

So you giving her a pass because she grabbed a trans person or because of some power plus prejudice feminist shite means women can't commit sexual assault?

Was the transman a twat? Yes, but so was she.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The light sentence was actually one of the things I thought was wrong with the story. Just like the sentencing of Anne Sacoolas today, where the judge mitigated because the defendant was a woman with children. Not only was she allowed to plead to a lesser offence, but she was given the bare minimum sentence and it was suspended.

[–]wylanderuk 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah I thought you were approaching it from another direction.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"We've listened to all the evidence and whatever the motivation, or whatever the circumstances, touching somebody in their genital area is deemed a sexual assault."

Now to be fair, the case in question here is unquestionably qualifies as such. But touching whatever the circumstances qualifies? Bullshit.

I've been groped like that before and it wasn't sexual assault. Non-consensual? Perhaps. Someone has to make the first move though.

Circumstances absolutely do fucking matter. We want fucking "Do I have your written consent to touch your genitals" bullshit?

[–]wylanderuk 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Frankly they need to have varying degrees of sexual assault in law as it covers too wide of a range of actions.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Every time any one has suggested separating murder, sexual assault and rape offences into bands/degrees they get shouted down without debate. The discussion of rape and sexual assault in particular has been thoroughly poisoned.

But at least the Tories are planning on sentencing Wolf whistlers to 2 years in custody.