Posted on 07/01/2018 2:21:43 PM PDT by BBell
Stockholm (AFP) - A tough new law that will recognise sex without explicit consent as rape comes into effect in Sweden on Sunday, after the country was rocked by the #MeToo movement denouncing sexual harassment and assault.
The law stipulates that a person has committed rape if they have been part of a sexual act in which the other person has not participated "freely".
Rape had previously been defined as a sexual act carried out with the use of violence or threat.
Now for someone to face rape charges, "it is no longer necessary that violence or threats were applied, or that the aggressor took advantage of the victim's particularly vulnerable situation," according to the government.
Courts will need to pay particular attention to whether consent was expressed with words, gestures or in another manner, and judges will have to rule on the issue, according to the law passed in May.
Judge Anna Hannell, who helped create the law, said there was "absolutely no requirement to formally say 'yes', to hit a button in an app or anything else of the same type"
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Finn gals is cwazy! There aint much to do up there but drink and Bop
I see you posted a similar article last year.
I like the seats for 2 LOL
I’ve heard that the Icelandic gals are really fun. I knew some jarheads who had barracks duty there.
I’m guessing that rig implies consent LOL
*applies only to white men.
Dunno, heck I can’t start a fire here in Tx with gasoline and hand grenades... ;)
I was going to say that, honest. But I got distracted with the notion of birch twigs.
You know about the blue grotto in Reickyavik? SP?
Blue Lagoon...
Bedder keep some contracts handy.

Wasn't this article about rape and consent?
No. I’ve only stopped briefly in Iceland while going to or from Norway.
yeah, sorry about the side trip, but I like it better than rape.
Rape is horrific and it happens 2 ways, Gals get abused and they abuse guys with no witnesses.
Here is the deal with trying to codify this stuff to minutia,
I had a Cherokee Indian gal, I liked her, she liked me, I still think of her fondly, but I felt guilty in not marrying her, so I broke it all off.
I tried to be fair, and the
more I pulled away the more she pursued.
Never kiss and tell... PS no names were mentioned in this PSA
Does it apply to the Muzzies?
Bwahahahahahaha, you're a funny guy.
Puritans
So if two people have sex with neither giving an official explicit consent...they raped each other?
No. It’s the guys fault. Duh.
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