I know this is probably a very naive question, but I do care for men's issues and the way society tends to treat female issues with such passion, and the issue of rape is one that is of course very controversial.

But when we talk about murder there are several established degrees as to which it can occur. 1st degree where the murder is premeditated, 2nd where a conflict or situation built up to murdering someone and manslaughter where measures not secured by the accused led to the death of another human. These crimes are all obviously different in their intent and warrant several different punishments as a result. And shouldn't it be that way with rape, especially when consent and intent are very important to whether it's a crime or not?

Now trying to look up degrees of rape, I don't believe I found much that could really apply well to society's seemingly more lenient definition of what can constitute rape. So if this is something relatively common that I'm unaware of I'm sorry.

Anyways, I figure it could be something like this. 1st degree, basically the serial rapist where the intent to actually have sex uncaring of what the victim thinks. 2nd degree would get a little more complicated, I figure maybe just coming on a bit too forceful for the victim to feel safe in refusing. 3rd would probably be an intoxicated victim/culprit (not to the point of unconsciousness though).

Now I have to ask would be trying to push this be an overall bad thing though? My first thought is that would likely bring a lot of attention as being "rape apologetic" and would be even difficult for it to even get any traction. Then there is also how exactly this could affect false accusations, and if it would even affect anything or possibly make it even worse for a falsely accused (due to potential being able to be accused of 1st degree more rather than lower grades).

I'm sorry if this comes off as ignorant and I'm just fully unaware of how the court handles rape cases and sentencing, but I feel like having a system like this could potentially help people understand that not all rape is equal. And if people do become aware of that, it just seems like the whole culture around rape might become something a lot more beneficial for everyone.