French Kiss excluded from the category of rape

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that forced French kiss is not rape. Such a strange verdict was required to endure after an unpleasant incident at a local hospital.

In the toilet of one of the Dutch hospitals, 36-year-old man force put his tongue in her mouth woman who later accused him of rape. Back in 1998 in the Netherlands, it was decided the Supreme Court that absolutely any sexual assault should be seen as rape . Consequently, amateur French kissing   risks permanently put behind bars.

Lawyers for the men insisted that the kiss with the tongue can not be recognized rape   and demanded to revise the long-standing ruling. As a result, the Supreme Court ruled the violent French Kiss   the definition of rape. However, this kiss is still illegal because the judge postponed it in the category of so-called indecent assault, which implies a somewhat more lenient punishment.

Although the Netherlands is considered one of the most liberal and sexually free countries, rapists can get here 'imprisonment to 12 years, and afford indecency - up to 8 years. The defendant's lawyer welcomed the decision of the court.

"If a person wants to find a job in the health sector, it is possible to provide nine chances out of ten, that he does not work, if earlier he was accused of rape - said the lawyer. - And it's not about whether appointed real time, or whether the person is guilty at all. The very condemnation already puts a black mark on his reputation. "

As a result, the matter will be reviewed by the men. He himself denies that he kissed a woman by force. Curiously, the compulsion to kiss seen as rape is now only in France, although the case of a real conviction on this charge you can count on one hand. (READ MORE)

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