USC Redefines Rape

[PosthumanHeresy]

Exactly what it says on the tin.

According to the California Penal Code, “Rape is an act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a person not the spouse of the perpetrator…” The federal definition, according to the FBI, reads “The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.” Nowhere in either definition does it say that rape only occurs when the perpetrator has an orgasm. But that’s what campus cops at the University of Southern California allegedly told a student who had been raped by her ex-boyfriend. Other students have also come forward to tell their stories of how they were raped and campus police did nothing but protect the assailants.

As a result, the group of sexual assault victims have filed a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The Huffington Post reports that the complaint alleges that campus police ignored their duty to victims of crimes by telling them that they weren’t really raped or that they should have expected to be raped.

“One student involved in the USC complaint, who asked to remain anonymous, said a DPS detective told her the campus police determined that no rape occurred in her case because her alleged assailant did not orgasm, and that therefore they had decided not to refer the case to the Los Angeles Police Department.

“Because he stopped, it was not rape,” she was told, according to the complaint. “Even though his penis penetrated your vagina, because he stopped, it was not a crime.”"

Just... fuck USC. Fuck all the USC. Fuck it.

[dpareja]

I'm just as irked that under California law, marital rape is not criminal. (At least it appears to be so under federal law.)

[Askold]

I'm just as irked that under California law, marital rape is not criminal. (At least it appears to be so under federal law.)

But if it is a federal law then can't a person be put to trial based on that even if California doesn't outlaw marital rape?

[Osama bin Bambi]

Despite the fact that federal law says colleges must report all crimes that happen on their campuses to the police for further investigation, they still cover up huge numbers of crimes, particularly rapes, because they want to keep their image squeaky-clean to prospective students. At this point I'd say the best option is to go directly to the real police and not the campus police who have a vested interest in covering your case up.

[The Illusive Man]

Those campus officers are to be fired immediately then sued to hell and back.

The bold part of the law is fucking stupid:
"(a)Rape is an act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a person not the spouse of the perpetrator, under any of the following circumstances:"

Should be rewritten to:
(a)Rape is an act of sexual intercourse accomplished under any of the following circumstances:

Because these parts are good:

(2)Where it is accomplished against a person's will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the person or another.

(6)Where the act is accomplished against the victim's will by threatening to retaliate in the future against the victim or any other person, and there is a reasonable possibility that the perpetrator will execute the threat. As used in this paragraph, "threatening to retaliate" means a threat to kidnap or falsely imprison, or to inflict extreme pain, serious bodily injury, or death.

(7)Where the act is accomplished against the victim's will by threatening to use the authority of a public official to incarcerate, arrest, or deport the victim or another, and the victim has a reasonable belief that the perpetrator is a public official. As used in this paragraph, "public official" means a person employed by a governmental agency who has the authority, as part of that position, to incarcerate, arrest, or deport another. The perpetrator does not actually have to be a public official.

(b)As used in this section, "duress" means a direct or implied threat of force, violence, danger, or retribution sufficient to coerce a reasonable person of ordinary susceptibilities to perform an act which otherwise would not have been performed, or acquiesce in an act to which one otherwise would not have submitted. The total circumstances, including the age of the victim, and his or her relationship to the defendant, are factors to consider in appraising the existence of duress.

(c)As used in this section, "menace" means any threat, declaration, or act which shows an intention to inflict an injury upon another.

Despite the fact that federal law says colleges must report all crimes that happen on their campuses to the police for further investigation, they still cover up huge numbers of crimes, particularly rapes, because they want to keep their image squeaky-clean to prospective students. At this point I'd say the best option is to go directly to the real police and not the campus police who have a vested interest in covering your case up.

Its like being a whistle blower!

[Witchyjoshy]

Wow, TIM made a post I have not only no trouble understanding, but I agree completely with.

[ironbite]

I know!  It's a sign of the end times!

Ironbite-seriously...fuck the USC campus police.

[Sleepy]

Methinks if the officer got a dick in his ass that didn't orgasm, he'd be singing a different tune.

[RavynousHunter]

I...  ...fuck.  I got nothing, because that shit's just fucked.

[wrightway]

Yet another reason why going to college sucks in this day and age.

[TheUnknown]

I'm just as irked that under California law, marital rape is not criminal. (At least it appears to be so under federal law.)

But if it is a federal law then can't a person be put to trial based on that even if California doesn't outlaw marital rape?

According to the commenters in the article (and the link one of them posted), the author quoted the section dealing with non-marital rape, and that the law dealing with spousal rape is in the following section.

[dpareja]

I'm just as irked that under California law, marital rape is not criminal. (At least it appears to be so under federal law.)

But if it is a federal law then can't a person be put to trial based on that even if California doesn't outlaw marital rape?

According to the commenters in the article (and the link one of them posted), the author quoted the section dealing with non-marital rape, and that the law dealing with spousal rape is in the following section.

Oh, OK, that's better then. (Unless there are different standards for marital rape as opposed to non-marital rape.)

[Her3tiK]

Huh. And to think I spent a few months working around this campus. Seeing as I know exactly how to get there, it would be so easy to [redacted due to NSA spying].

[Meshakhad]

I say we grab these people, and dump them directly into the path of the Yosemite fire.

[PosthumanHeresy]

Huh. And to think I spent a few months working around this campus. Seeing as I know exactly how to get there, it would be so easy to [redacted due to NSA spying].

Why do you keep doing that? Is it to make a [redacted due to NSA spying]?