Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01773 · Session 5

Reform rape law

Closed Submitted 28 Nov 2019 Justice
Signatures
0
112 online signatures with a country
Comments
3
Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to update the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 to include the offence of a man being raped by a woman.

What the petitioner did first

Emailed an MSP who suggested using this website, as I myself cannot change laws.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 30 Jan 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 24 Sep 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

112 online signatures
  1. Scotland34 30.4%
  2. United States25 22.3%
  3. England17 15.2%
  4. United Kingdom12 10.7%
  5. Australia6 5.4%
  6. Canada4 3.6%
  7. Ireland2 1.8%
  8. Denmark2 1.8%
  9. Argentina2 1.8%
  10. India1 0.9%
  11. 7 other countries7 6.3%

Comments

3 comments, oldest first
  1. George Grant Anderson 6 Dec 2019
    The law must be unbiased. If men can be criminalized for committing rape. Then so must women.
  2. Marlene Martin-Smith 3 Jan 2020
    I believe rape is rape, no matter the sexuality.
  3. grant carson 9 Jan 2020
    It is a natural step towards equality.