Denmark defines rape as sex without explicit consent
17 Dec 2020
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Danish law would specify that sexual consent must be given voluntarily and as an expression of an individual’s free will through words or action. File Photo: A woman stops to photograph a mural showing pictures of underwear with the slogan Not Asking For It in a street in Dublin on November 17, 2018 as a protest after a defence lawyer showed a 17-year-old girl s thong or G-string in court as alleged proof of her consent in a rape case. (Paul Faith / AFP)
Denmark has strengthened its rape
laws by criminalising sex without explicit consent.