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Man who does not understand consent has right to pursue sex, court rules
The Guardian ^ | Thu 3 Oct 2019 02.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 3 Oct 2019 10.48 EDT | Amelia Hill

Posted on 10/04/2019 7:53:29 PM PDT by jonascord

The court of protection has ruled that a man who cannot understand the issue of consent must be allowed to pursue sexual relationships.

Mrs Justice Roberts ruled that the man, who has autism with impaired cognition and lives in a supported residential placement, has a “fundamental right to sex”.

The court considers issues relating to people who might lack the mental capacity to make decisions.

A clinical psychologist submitted a report saying that the 36-year-old man, referred to as JB, represents a “moderate risk” of sexual offending to women, particularly to those who are vulnerable, and that JB cannot understand that a woman’s consent is relevant in sexual situations, nor that attempting sex without consent is likely to be a criminal offense.

However, the judge said that insisting that JB understands the issue of consent before being allowed to pursue sexual relationships would be discrimination because it would “impose on him a burden which a capacitous individual may not share”.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: jennifermaryroberts; rape; uk; weird
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Thus, you can avoid a rape charge if you claim you didn't think it was wrong...

Laz will find this interesting....

1 posted on 10/04/2019 7:53:29 PM PDT by jonascord
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Can he pursue a smoke afterwards?


2 posted on 10/04/2019 7:57:37 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: jonascord

What is this judge wearing under her robe? A smile?


3 posted on 10/04/2019 7:57:55 PM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: jonascord

lol

How would they go about stopping him from pursuing sex?

If the woman was in agreement?

Lock him up for life would be the only way.


4 posted on 10/04/2019 7:59:42 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: jonascord

Wouldn’t it make more.sense to.castrate.him?


5 posted on 10/04/2019 8:00:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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"Wouldn’t it make more.sense to.castrate.him?"

After the Alan Turing case, no.

6 posted on 10/04/2019 8:03:50 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: jonascord

A woman who is raped by someone like him,will also have a right to protect herself to the point of killing her attacker. Then, what will the judge say?


7 posted on 10/04/2019 8:05:09 PM PDT by adorno
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To: jonascord

There is a RIGHT TO SEX????


8 posted on 10/04/2019 8:09:08 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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Sure sounds like another win for is-salami.


9 posted on 10/04/2019 8:09:11 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: jonascord

In the favor of the one individual this judge has basically removed the rights of others.


10 posted on 10/04/2019 8:16:06 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ("Democratic" party sold out to the ICP. It is now the Communist Party USA.)
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Whenever I think things are bad here, I read about another insane British court decision.


11 posted on 10/04/2019 8:16:47 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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In Britain? The judge will say she should lie back and think of England rather than use force to protect herself.


12 posted on 10/04/2019 8:17:51 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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"There is a RIGHT TO SEX????"

In the UK, if you are autistic, and low functioning, (IE retarded.).

There seems to be a rush to create an Idiocracy. A eugenic attempt to breed more Stupid.

Brawndo. What you drink because you can't drink your car battery.

13 posted on 10/04/2019 8:19:06 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: Chickensoup

Sure, it’s there just below the right to choose your own pronouns.


14 posted on 10/04/2019 8:20:18 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Sirius Lee
Sure sounds like another win for is-salami.

Right. No Muslim can understand "consent". Besides, you would be violating his religious freedom.

15 posted on 10/04/2019 8:21:49 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Chickensoup

I wish I knew that when I was in high school...


16 posted on 10/04/2019 8:29:45 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: jonascord
I prefer the Steve Martin technique

Two words in the English language...I forgot. I forgot armed robbery was illegal.

17 posted on 10/04/2019 8:33:09 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: jonascord

What happens when someone who doesn’t understand consent runs into someone who doesn’t comprehend the rules of deadly force?


18 posted on 10/04/2019 8:34:29 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: jonascord

So who does he have a fundamental right to have sex with?


19 posted on 10/04/2019 8:39:04 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: jonascord

This sounds just like caveman days.


20 posted on 10/04/2019 8:44:06 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (MAGA, and build that wall.)
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