You wouldn't define a thief as "typically black", so Oxford shouldn't refer to a rapist as "typically male". (Considering how young boys can be sexually abused by older women)

Suttreee · 2014-01-25T16:58:44+00:00

To be fair, most terrorists aren't muslim, at least in the west.

justTheQTip · 2014-01-25T19:13:51+00:00

Hysteria - a person, typically a woman, who becomes emotionally unstable.

Whoops, sorry that was really sexist of me.

seenloitering · 2014-01-25T15:22:37+00:00

Dictionaries don't define words, they define usages of words (that's why words will typically have more than one "definition"). The Oxford dictionary is right because that's how most people use the word "rape".

ThrobbingMember5 · 2014-01-25T18:02:13+00:00

In the United Kingdom, statutory 'rape' can only be carried out by men. In that regard, I suppose the definition is correct.

Vandredd · 2014-01-25T13:35:04+00:00

Just try to get the typically male removed. Theft is a very broad term combining many different things. Typically black, while I get your point probably isn't even true.

The term theft is sometimes used synonymously with Larceny. Theft, however, is actually a broader term, encompassing many forms of deceitful taking of property, including swindling, Embezzlement, and False Pretenses. Some states categorize all these offenses under a single statutory crime of theft.

emof · 2014-01-25T18:07:39+00:00

How common is it for females to rape. Any statistics on this? I guess a better analogy would be that criminal is typically male (which is true).

petesaq · 2014-01-25T13:17:04+00:00

I see your point but I think that's a bad analogy. The typical black thief is an American stereotype, and relatively new in the history of thievery. Rape as a male action is a stereotype and assumption since the beginning of records of society. Female rape as a stereotype is even more new than the black thief. Not comparable

massaikosis · 2014-01-25T19:19:41+00:00

holy shit, i didn't even know it was listed like that! yes that is offensive.

TRPACC · 2014-01-25T19:39:04+00:00

Im going to leave this here because this thread is misleading for new comers. There is something called the "envelopment issue" which basically means that rape is typically defined as penetration which means that rapists are going to be typically men. If rape was defined by the way women rape - by envelopment rapists would be typically women. The dictionary is only stating a fact, as the dictionary is supposed to.

UK

The offence is created by section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003: “ 1-(1) A person (A) commits an offence if— (a) he intentionally penetrates the vagina, anus or mouth of another person (B) with his penis, (b) B does not consent to the penetration, and (c) A does not reasonably believe that B consents

Austriala Sexual Offences ‘Rape’: the penetrative sexual offence Print 25.8 Under the common law, rape was defined as carnal knowledge of a woman against her will http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/25.%20Sexual%20Offences/%E2%80%98rape%E2%80%99-penetrative-sexual-offence

France[edit French penal code (fr)[29] Any act of sexual penetration, whatever its nature, committed against another person by violence, constraint, threat or surprise, is rape. Rape is punished by a maximum of fifteen years' criminal imprisonment.

Israel[edit] The definition of the criminal offense of rape in Israel is as follows:[33] Rape 345.(a) If a person had intercourse with a woman (1)without her freely given consent;

New Zealand[edit] Person A rapes person B if person A has sexual connection with person B, effected by the penetration of person B's genitalia by person A's penis,— (a) without person B's consent to the connection; and (b) without believing on reasonable grounds that person B consents to the connection.

Philippines[edit] Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code (Title Eight of Act No. 3815) provides that: Rape: When And How Committed. – Rape is committed: 1) By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following circumstances:

Russia[edit] According to the Article 131 of the Criminal Code of Russia, rape is defined as heterosexual vaginal intercourse using violence or threat of violence or if the victim is in a helpless state. The other forms of a violent sexual intercourse (male-male, female-male, female-female and non-vaginal male-female) are called "coercive sexual actions"

South Africa[edit] In South Africa, rape is defined by the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007).[43] This act has repealed the common law offence of rape and replaced it with a new expanded statutory offence of rape, applicable to all forms of sexual penetration without consent, irrespective of gender. Rape is defined in section 3 of the act as follows: Any person ("A") who unlawfully and intentionally commits an act of sexual penetration with a complainant ("B"), without the consent of B, is guilty of the offence of rape. and "sexual penetration" is defined as: any act which causes penetration to any extent whatsoever by— (a) the genital organs of one person into or beyond the genital organs, anus, or mouth of another person; (b) any other part of the body of one person or, any object, including any part of the body of an animal, into or beyond the genital organs or anus of another person; or (c) the genital organs of an animal, into or beyond the mouth of another person[.]

Switzerland[edit] Rape is defined as follows:[44] Art. 190 Any person who forces a person of the female sex by threats or violence, psychological pressure or by being made incapable of resistance to submit to sexual intercourse is liable to a custodial sentence of from one to ten years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_regarding_rape

biglebowski55 · 2014-01-25T23:42:11+00:00

Why the note about young boys and older women? Grown men get raped by women too.

anonlymouse · 2014-01-25T17:42:39+00:00

Anyone else having troubles signing. I see it as having zero supporters ant the sign button is nonresponsive for me.

RobotBuddha · 2014-01-25T19:49:09+00:00

Oh, I can say with some certainty that there's a whole lot of people out there that would define criminals of most types as "typically black". And an even larger amount that would struggle for words to stand in for black so that they could say it without feeling racist.

Oh no, and "urban" element seems to be seeping into our suburb!

anonagent · 2014-01-25T20:51:49+00:00

How do we have less than one hundred signatures though?

junoguten · 2014-01-26T15:03:34+00:00

Well, if it's the teacher, or a single parent, then you know those are typically female.

intensely_human · 2014-01-26T21:47:27+00:00

I signed it.

There are about 900 upvotes on this post. And only 200 signatures on that petition. Come on people, it's not that hard!

Sign it, and then post a comment saying "signed" so we can see this as something we're actually doing and not just voting about on reddit.

ghuosna · 2014-01-26T22:14:15+00:00

While I totally agree that typically male should be omitted... I believe most terrorists are not Muslim (America too self-centered). Also why YOUNG boys and OLDER women? That is still stereotyping. Anyone can rape anyone, bottomline.

tsunade202 · 2014-01-25T22:20:27+00:00

you don't call a thief typically black because every race commits crimes roughly at the same rate (yes i am right). a criminal act has nothing to do with race. you're perpetuating a harmful AMERICAN stereotype.

rape is a different subject altogether. i find that title to be incredibly tasteless

borderrat · 2014-01-25T17:46:33+00:00

This subreddit keeps extolling this idea of men being as commonly raped as women. What are the stats?

TRPACC · 2014-01-25T14:13:29+00:00

They are perfectly correct.

The law in the UK says that a rapist can only be male, its not the dictionary that's wrong, its the law.

In the US rape is by penetration, which is typically how men do it, women typically force sex by envelopment so rapists are typically men.

gooser5 · 2014-01-25T17:16:36+00:00

Oh boy is this the thread where we equate ourselves with the Civil Rights Movement?

That's going to go over well in the real world.

BIGFATPONY · 2014-01-25T16:54:42+00:00

You don't define a thief as "typically black" because it's a temporary "trend" in USA that more black people commit crimes. What are they going to do when Mexicans overtake black people in crimes pr. capita? or what are they going to use in China where there's almost no black people? Rapists have been predominantly Males since the beginning of time, it's hardly a trend that Oxford just jumped on the bandwagon with.

Title	You wouldn't define a thief as "typically black", so Oxford shouldn't refer to a rapist as "typically male". (Considering how young boys can be sexually abused by older women)
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