Originally Posted by
Mazuuurk
Yeah, but I guess it all depends. For instance before the law change I think they required actual penetration to take place for it to be classified as Rape, whereas now they judge it on the "level of degradation" or some such. Take from that what you will, but I think it's meant to avoid for loopholes where people have done some horrible stuff to women without actually sticking it in. From what I gather though, it's not necessarily meant a higher rate of convictions though (perhaps just as a consequence of more cases). Some law-expert claimed it was probably due to the grey-zone being widened and more being up to calling individual cases one by one.
Personally, I hate the whole topic. Because I'm so torn between how I want rapists to get severely punished and feel like they mostly aren't, and how also I understand how it is immensely hard to prove whether there was consent or not in a lot of cases.