All rape is sexual assault, not all sexual assault is rape. Calling all sexual assault rape dilutes the term.
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vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoAccording to the defamation lawsuit Trump committed sexual assault. And since common parlance doesnt differentiat between sexual assault and rape you could probably call him a rapist.
PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 2 months ago
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And according to the counter suit, carol is allowed to call him a rapist.
Remember, you don’t have to be convicted of rape to be a rapist, you are not innocent and then magically guilty. It is merely a presumption of innocence until proven so, but that’s a procedural thing to prevent the courts from infringing on rights. It has absolutely nothing to do with the true facts of guilt.
It’s not defamation.