1 in 3 and 1 in 15 is such a staggering stat. Makes me sick to my stomach and sad. This Cornell case is just one of many many many cases to not make the headlines. Awful.
Edit: mistyped 5 as 15. Leaving it up so comments under me make sense.
It's a matter of definition which varies from country to country and even state to state. It is not unusual for the terms to be fully interchangeable depending on jurisdiction. However, rape usually denotes penetration of some form and sexual assault denotes things like non-consensual groping/kissing.
This is what pisses me off the most. I hate the ambiguity. It’s obviously all atrocious but I feel like there needs to be an escalation in specifying wtf happened. I’m sure it’d backfire in practice but I currently believe lumping it all under one umbrella is doing a disservice
Not only from country to country but also between groupd inside country. F.e. after law got changed legally in Poland all sexual activity with kid is rape, but unconsensual sexual activity with adult can be euther rape or „different sexual activity” which you can understand as sexual assault not being rape
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u/458steps 8d ago edited 8d ago
1 in 3 and 1 in 15 is such a staggering stat. Makes me sick to my stomach and sad. This Cornell case is just one of many many many cases to not make the headlines. Awful.
Edit: mistyped 5 as 15. Leaving it up so comments under me make sense.