Althouse: "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."

November 20, 2021

"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).

16 comments:

rhhardin said...: 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.; 11/20/21, 6:23 AM
gilbar said...: is That why we're supposed to wear condoms? Because then it's not sexual assault?; 11/20/21, 6:29 AM
Temujin said...: I'm sure Dr. Larry Nassar used gloves. Sometimes.; 11/20/21, 6:35 AM
Wince said...: What if it's Zuckerberg's Meta glove?; 11/20/21, 6:47 AM
John henry said...: 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; 11/20/21, 7:08 AM
Assistant Village Idiot said...: Could they be prosecuted for creepiness?; 11/20/21, 8:28 AM
Tim said...: 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.; 11/20/21, 8:38 AM
traditionalguy said...: Condoms solve everything.; 11/20/21, 9:09 AM
Critter said...: The rapist’s new toolkit: gloves, condoms and masks. Get out of jail free.; 11/20/21, 9:27 AM
Yancey Ward said...: 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.; 11/20/21, 10:12 AM
JAORE said...: 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....; 11/20/21, 11:14 AM
Rollo said...: Don't give bad ideas to pornmongers, TikTokers, and network executives.; 11/20/21, 11:40 AM
mikee said...: Ask Bill Clinton for an expert legal opinion.; 11/20/21, 11:40 AM
Bilwick said...: "That's great! Does it matter how young the female is? Asking for a friend."--J. Biden, Washington DC.; 11/20/21, 12:18 PM
Scott Patton said...: 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.; 11/20/21, 1:50 PM
Joe Smith said...: 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?; 11/20/21, 2:21 PM