२० नोव्हेंबर, २०२१

"If tomorrow, a person wears a pair of surgical gloves and feels the entire body of a woman, he won't be punished for sexual assault as per this judgment."

Said Attorney General of India KK Venugopal, arguing against a court order that limited the crime of sexual assault to situations where there is "skin-to-skin contact," quoted in "No skin-to-skin contact: 'Outrageous' India sexual assault order struck down" (BBC).

१६ टिप्पण्या:

rhhardin म्हणाले...

They ought to do away with sexual assault altogether and just make it assault. Feminine modesty is no longer a workable legal assumption. "Air" can't be part of due process.

gilbar म्हणाले...

is That why we're supposed to wear condoms? Because then it's not sexual assault?

Temujin म्हणाले...

I'm sure Dr. Larry Nassar used gloves. Sometimes.

Wince म्हणाले...

What if it's Zuckerberg's Meta glove?

John henry म्हणाले...

Did Jacob Rosenbaum use a condom when he was forcibly sodomizing 12 year Olds in Texas?

Well OK then zoomer.

It wasn't really "rape-rape".

Thanks Whoopi

John Henry

Assistant Village Idiot म्हणाले...

Could they be prosecuted for creepiness?

Tim म्हणाले...

Maybe I am the strange one, but I have absolutely no desire to feel the entire body of a woman through nitrile gloves. Just doesn't thrill me to consider it, and I cannot imagine my wife liking it much either.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Condoms solve everything.

Critter म्हणाले...

The rapist’s new toolkit: gloves, condoms and masks. Get out of jail free.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

You want to know what I found interesting in the story- there was no discussion in the article about how the original judge decided it had to be skin on skin. I actually went and read the Posco Act. I can see how the original judge thought she was interpreting it correctly- there is a loophole in the way the law was written, though I am quite certain the writers of the law simply didn't notice it and certainly didn't mean for it to be interpreted that way- I wouldn't have thought to tighten down the language either, had I been in their position.

JAORE म्हणाले...

I think the condom/surgical gloves are a cute effort to point out the ridiculous ruling.

But here's an action that happens all too often.... groping through clothing. Pushing too closely past a woman in an aisle, hands on breasts (through a shirt) a pat on the fanny....

Rollo म्हणाले...

Don't give bad ideas to pornmongers, TikTokers, and network executives.

mikee म्हणाले...

Ask Bill Clinton for an expert legal opinion.

Bilwick म्हणाले...

"That's great! Does it matter how young the female is? Asking for a friend."--J. Biden, Washington DC.

Scott Patton म्हणाले...

In yesterday's post "Internal disputes rarely come to light", that included the phrase ..."co-workers commented on her body and touched her inappropriately; "...,I was going to comment that other than shaking hands or the incidental brush in tight quarters, pretty much any touching is inappropriate.
The office perv can maybe keep a box of the one size fits all food service gloves on his desk and go to town - only a penny a grab. Surgical gloves are too pricey.

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

Sale of surgical gloves in Bangalore goes through the roof...

Does wearing a T-shirt that says 'Free Moustache Rides' make you a Carny, or just a perv?