Rape is a Male-Only offense in Israeli Criminal Law

**Zuberi** · 27th-February-2010

Article here. Excerpt:
'Women cannot be rapists. This is not only a feminist agenda, but a hard legal fact in the Israeli Criminal Law, which defines rape as a male-only offense. Say a 40 years old woman who works as a school teacher, seduces a 13 years old pupil, it might be impossible to file criminal charges against her. She might lose her job, but legally there is no much you can do about it.
Israeli legislators now wants to change the rape definition in the Israeli Criminal Law so that it includes women as well. Feminists has already launched a very noisy campaign in the Israeli media, opposing the proposed changes to Israeli Criminal Law.
Their arguments are silly and stupid as always. Israeli feminists claim that making it possible to file rape charges against women might lead to situations where "Male rapists will accuse the women of being the rapists". As always, the Israeli media is at the feminist side, and we only need to wait and see whether the proposed law change will pass or be buried in the parliament.'

**Marx** · 28th-February-2010

The law in England is the same - it specifies that only men can rape, hence the lack of the word 'rape' in so many articles aobut women who rape men/boys.

**Celtic Druid** · 28th-February-2010

Yet again, equality isn't quite such an enticing notion when equal culpability is attached.

In legalistic terms of course, women can rape (sex with a minor).

We must cast off prefixed ideas as to what constitutes rape. That is, the feminist obsession with penetration. I've mentioned before the concept of 'engulfment.' The vagina enveloping the penis without express consent (particularly whilst the man is intoxicated or sleeping). How is this any different?

**johnkimble1** · 28th-February-2010

Quote from Marx

The law in England is the same - it specifies that only men can rape, hence the lack of the word 'rape' in so many articles aobut women who rape men/boys.

Indeed.

However women can actually be charged with rape not if they actually commit the offence themselves, but if they assist a male rapist.

Quite bizarre really.