Immoral? Yes Unethical? Yes Illegal? Almost certainly yes Rape? Uh... no. There's no way this should be prosecuted as rape. They are constantly revising the definition of rape to where it is losing all meaning. There's got to be other charges that this would fall under.
keep in mind that what "assault" originally meant (and legally, still means) was putting someone in fear of an imminent physical attack (as opposed to a "battery" which is when you actually physically attack someone). making someone afraid of you doing something horrible to them has been a crime for a long, long time.
Exactly. imagine a teenage girl at home, and this guy is threatening to tell an abusive father (or perhaps show him compromising pictures) of his daughter. there are a lot of ways to put someone in danger.
and you completely misread my post. assault isn't illegal because the threat is physical. it's illegal because to make some afraid, terrified, for their well-being--that's a direct harm to a person. that can happen in a lot of different ways. it just depends on the circumstances (e.g., how realistic is it that these girls would be put into danger).
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Immoral? Yes Unethical? Yes Illegal? Almost certainly yes Rape? Uh... no. There's no way this should be prosecuted as rape. They are constantly revising the definition of rape to where it is losing all meaning. There's got to be other charges that this would fall under.
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keep in mind that what "assault" originally meant (and legally, still means) was putting someone in fear of an imminent physical attack (as opposed to a "battery" which is when you actually physically attack someone). making someone afraid of you doing something horrible to them has been a crime for a long, long time.
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Exactly. imagine a teenage girl at home, and this guy is threatening to tell an abusive father (or perhaps show him compromising pictures) of his daughter. there are a lot of ways to put someone in danger.
and you completely misread my post. assault isn't illegal because the threat is physical. it's illegal because to make some afraid, terrified, for their well-being--that's a direct harm to a person. that can happen in a lot of different ways. it just depends on the circumstances (e.g., how realistic is it that these girls would be put into danger).
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