Allow me to voice an unpopular opinion and object to the proliferation of "No means No" criminalization.
I have tried to find exactly what this new German law says, but as yet I cannot find the text so I can read it, if only through the lens of Google Translate.
Anyway, an inevitable consequence of going from "archaic" laws requiring signs of physical coercion to "modern" laws is the abandonment of the requirement of objective evidence to prove the criminality of a person, reducing criminal justice to the pre-19th century state of one person's word against another. Since there will often be no other evidence or even witnesses, and yet these laws have to have bite, the principle of "beyond a reasonable doubt" will be weakened to an dangerous extent. In essence, the woman's accusation would have to be enough, since that will often be the only evidence of criminality available.
While I'm not unaware of the legitimate scenarios these kinds of laws are intended to prevent, it is not worth in my eyes the abandonment of the modern principles of habeas corpus. In essence we are back to the 14th century for certain categories of crimes.
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