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Originally Posted by taxbuster
. It's definitely out of bounds if no consent was provided I'd think, regardless of "severity".
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But in practice, it’s not really, is it? I’d be surprised if more than a fraction of the sexual ass-smacking that will place in Canada today has consent provided.
That’s what MBates means when he talks about our sexual consents laws being out of step with how people actually behave, and how a large amount of sexual activity that most Canadians happily participate in without considering it criminal can, by the letter of the law, warrant charges of sexual assault.
Which isn’t to say what Dube did was okay. Just that as much as we want consent laws to be clear and unambiguous, they really can’t be without criminalizing normal behaviour and turning sex into something weirdly formal and procedural.