In Washington, that's a paraphrase of the definition of First Degree Rape. Second Degree Rape is forceable, but need not be with a weapon. Although it might look like "Second Degree" is somehow a lesser crime than "First Degree" both are actually Class A felonies. The notion (I think) is that the use of a weapon constitutes an additional element to be punished "separately" within the one crime. Compare First Degree (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9A.44.040) with Second Degree (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9A.44.050).
You raise a very interesting point: this is sexual abuse, a crime under the UCMJ (Articles 125 and the catch-all 134), as well as a federal crime generally (18 USC 2242). Of course, the perpetrators will deny the "sexuality" of the acts by medicalizing them. Consider the OLC memo as it addressed the practice of diapering
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You raise a very interesting point: this is sexual abuse, a crime under the UCMJ (Articles 125 and the catch-all 134), as well as a federal crime generally (18 USC 2242). Of course, the perpetrators will deny the "sexuality" of the acts by medicalizing them. Consider the OLC memo as it addressed the practice of diapering ( ... )
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