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By Stuart Buck

You never know what will appear in legal journals. One recent article from the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies: Why Sexual Penetration Requires JustificationMICHELLE MADDEN DEMPSEYUniversity of Oxford - Worcester CollegeJONATHAN HERRINGUniversity of Oxford - Social Sciences DivisionOxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 27, No. 3, p. 467, 2007 Abstract: This article defends the claim that sexual penetration is a prima facie wrong: it requires justification. We defend this claim by reference to considerations relating the use of physical force required to achieve sexual penetration, the occurrence and risk of harm posed by sexual penetration, and the negative social meaning of sexual penetration in patriarchal societies. The step we take in this article is a preliminary part of a larger project...continue to full post

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