Swedish Law Declares Sex Without Consent Is Rape
The bill makes Sweden the 10th European country to redefine rape, making it illegal to engage in a sexual encounter without the verbal or physical consent of all participants.
The Swedish parliament has passed a bill that the government said, "states the obvious: if sex is not voluntary it is illegal."
The new legislation rules that sex without explicit mutual consent is rape. Previously, the law stated rape was committed only in instances where a victim was violently
