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Ken Clarke.....
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I actually feel a bit sorry for the old duffer.....surely some rapes ARE worse than others?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think he was making the distinction between say someone being attacked and raped and a young couple where one was over 16 and the partner under 16 having consensual sex. If a boy of 17 or 18 is going out with a girl of 14 or 15 and they have sex in which both are agreed, the boy can still be charged with rape. I think that there should be a distinction in that case and that is what Ken Clarke is saying, although he didn't put it very well.