Rejected petition Change the legal definition of rape such that it includes female-on-male rape.

It is very harmful to society for the law to discriminate against males when it comes to the offense of rape. By skewing the legal definition of rape to only apply to males, the law is helping to perpetrate the very damaging negative stereotype that "all rapists are men, and all men are rapists".

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Definition of rape vs sexual assault:
http://content.met.police.uk/Article/Definitions/1400008450549/1400008450549

Common belief that "all men are rapists":
http://jezebel.com/5279283/is-there-a-rapist-in-waiting-in-every-guy

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/blameonenotall-the-meninist-rape-campaign-that-spectacularly-backfired-10278297.html

http://www.dailywire.com/news/8386/feminist-journalist-all-men-are-rapists-and-should-amanda-prestigiacomo#

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/167582

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Date submitted 29 October 2016
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