As Denmark finally embarks on updating its antiquated rape laws, most of Europe still lags far behind.
Yesterday, the new Danish government—led by Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrat party—published an 18-page manifesto outlining its ambitions for its first term in office. The paper,"A Fair Direction for Denmark", focuses primarily on policies to deal with the climate crisis and with issues like housing, transport and homelessness. But it also contains an important commitment to recognize, in law, the simple fact that sex without consent is rape.
" to 15 years in prison for an horrific gang rape in Spain. The decision by the Supreme Court overturned a 2018 ruling that established lack of consent but found the men guilty of the lesser offense of sexual abuse, because the victim"froze" and the lower court did not find enough violence or intimidation for the crime to be considered rape.
Shockingly, despite this progress, only nine countries in the European Economic Area currently recognize that sex without consent is rape. Another recent study found that more than one in four people in the EU believe that sexual intercourse without consent may be justified in certain circumstances, such as if the victim is drunk or under the influence of drugs; or voluntarily going home with someone, wearing revealing clothes, not saying"no" clearly or not fighting back.
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