Rejected petition Change the legal definition of rape so that it doesn't exclude male rape victims

In the U.K. - rape is "penetration with a penis" - this excludes males assaulted by females and females assaulted by other females. A woman could force a man inside of her and it wouldn't be classed as rape.

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

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Date submitted 8 March 2017
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