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In a landmark decision, a man in Switzerland was convicted of rape on Monday for removing a condom during sex without his partner\u2019s knowledge, <\/span>according to <\/span>The Independent<\/em>. The 47-year-old was given a 12-month suspended sentence.<\/p>\n

The man, whose name has not been released, met his partner on Tinder and had sex with her on their second date in June 2015. The woman did not realize her date had removed protection until it was too late.<\/p>\n

The Criminal Court in Lausanne, Switzerland, broke ground by defending the woman\u2019s stance that she would not have had sex with the man unless he was wearing a condom, and that qualified as the lack of consent needed to convict the man of rape. The victim\u2019s lawyer called this ruling \u201ca first for Switzerland.\u201d<\/p>\n

The debate about whether or not removing a condom without consent made headlines in 2010, when Swedish WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was accused separately of sexual assault by two women, Sofia Wilen and Anna Ardin, according to <\/span>The Observer<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wilen claims he reluctantly used a condom when they had sex, and in the morning woke up to him penetrating her without a prophylactic. Ardin paints a portrait of a more violent encounter, with Assange pinning her arms back and putting on a condom at her insistence. It was only after the act that she realized he had not kept it on.<\/p>\n

But Assange was never convicted because \u201cit is not rape, even in Sweden, to remove a condom, or even to break a condom during the act,\u201d says <\/span>The Observer<\/em>. The \u201ceven\u201d part is a reference to the fact that Sweden is considered a \u201cbastion of feminist extremism,\u201d and expanded its rape-related laws in 2004, at which point Sweden\u2019s reported rapes to increase 170 percent, according tot he publication, which states, \u201cSweden reports more rapes than any country in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what about here in the states? <\/span>According to the U.S. Department of Justice, rape is defined by law as \u201cthe penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.\u201d And that includes <\/span>spousal rape and <\/span>statutory rape.<\/p>\n

Nothing on the Department of Justice\u2019s \u201cdefinition of rape\u201d mentions condoms specifically, though, which is why Monday\u2019s ruling in Switzerland is all the more newsworthy: it seems to be unprecedented. As the conversation surrounding the meaning of consent becomes increasingly loud, the question of whether unapproved removal of condoms during sex is rape becomes more relevant.<\/p>\n

Until legislation is passed, it remains a matter of individual interpretation in the courtroom. \u201cSo much comes down to what kinds of myths or attitudes individual jurors have about women and sex and what constitutes rape and what isn\u2019t rape,\u201dDr Sinead Ring of the University of Kent told <\/span>Vice<\/em>\u2018s women\u2019s interest channel <\/span>Broadly<\/em>. \u201cThe law can do so much, but really it comes down to juries and getting them to make decisions that aren\u2019t contaminated by rape myths.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ring illustrated how the issue is a murky one. \u201cA lot comes down to what can be proved in court \u2026 If it\u2019s proved the woman consented to sex with a condom and he changed the circumstances under which she\u2019d consented, it\u2019s quite possible he\u2019d be convicted of rape. But a jury would have to determine that he didn\u2019t have a reasonable belief in consent and just went ahead and did it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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