Pojkbarn - mindre skyddsvärda än flickebarn i sexualbrottssammanhang?
(2014) JURM02 20141Department of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Detta arbete behandlar sexuella övergrepp mot barn, och det övergripande syftet med arbetet är att undersöka om sexualbrottslagstiftningen missgynnar pojkbarn. De brott som behandlas är våldtäkt mot barn, sexuellt utnyttjande av barn och sexuellt övergrepp mot barn. Arbetets utgångspunkt är våldtäktsbestämmelsen, vilken omfattar både sexuella handlingar bestående av samlag och handlingar vilka innebär en kränkning jämfört med den vid påtvingat samlag. Av särskilt intresse är dessa andra handlingar som är jämförliga med samlag. Dessa består av anala, orala och vaginala övergrepp, där penetrationens vara eller icke vara tycks ha avgörande betydelse, trots att fokus ska ligga på kränkningen och inte den sexuella handlingens tekniska karaktär.... (More)
- Detta arbete behandlar sexuella övergrepp mot barn, och det övergripande syftet med arbetet är att undersöka om sexualbrottslagstiftningen missgynnar pojkbarn. De brott som behandlas är våldtäkt mot barn, sexuellt utnyttjande av barn och sexuellt övergrepp mot barn. Arbetets utgångspunkt är våldtäktsbestämmelsen, vilken omfattar både sexuella handlingar bestående av samlag och handlingar vilka innebär en kränkning jämfört med den vid påtvingat samlag. Av särskilt intresse är dessa andra handlingar som är jämförliga med samlag. Dessa består av anala, orala och vaginala övergrepp, där penetrationens vara eller icke vara tycks ha avgörande betydelse, trots att fokus ska ligga på kränkningen och inte den sexuella handlingens tekniska karaktär. Har inte den sexuella handlingen dessa inslag kan övergreppet inte anses vara jämförligt med samlag, och därmed inte våldtäkt mot barn. Istället rubriceras handlingen som sexuellt övergrepp mot barn, vilket har ett betydligt lägre straffvärde.
Ett vanligt övergrepp pojkar och flickor utsätts för är sexuell beröring av det egna könet. När pojkar utsätts kallas övergreppet för onani, när flickor utsätts kallas det bland annat för smekningar, beröring och instoppande av fingrar. Flickors könsorgan är av en sådan anatomisk natur att de penetreras vid en sådan typ av beröring som i utomjuridiska sammanhang benämns onani. Pojkars könsorgan låter sig inte penetreras. Lagstiftaren anser att onani typiskt sett inte utgör en sådan kränkning som är jämförlig med den vid påtvingat samlag. Således är ett övergrepp bestående i att sexuellt beröra en pojkes könsorgan aldrig våldtäkt, men att sexuellt beröra en flickas könsorgan kan vara våldtäkt.
Dessa två handlingssätt är snarlika varandra, men kränkningarna bedöms som olika allvarliga. Frågan är om skillnaden i kränkningshänseende är så pass stor att det motiverar skillnaden i straffvärdet. På denna fråga svarar författaren nej, då det är fler faktorer än penetration som avgör hur kränkt ett barn blir av övergrepp.
Eftersom liknande handlingar bedöms som mer kränkande, och därmed har ett högre straffvärde, när det är en flicka som utsätts för dem, anser författaren att pojkbarn är mindre skyddsvärda än flickebarn i sexualbrottslagstiftningen. (Less) - Abstract
- This work deals with sexual abuse against children, and the overall aim of this work is to investigate if the child sex crimes legislation is unfavorable to children of the male sex. The offenses covered include child rape, sexual exploitation of children and sexual abuse of children. The starting point of the work is the child rape legislation, which includes both sexual acts consisting of intercourse and acts which constitutes a violation compared to that at of a forced sexual intercourse. Of particular interest are those other acts that are comparable to intercourse . These acts consist of anal, oral and vaginal abuse, where the occurrance of penetration seem to be of crucial importance, even though the focus should be on the violation... (More)
- This work deals with sexual abuse against children, and the overall aim of this work is to investigate if the child sex crimes legislation is unfavorable to children of the male sex. The offenses covered include child rape, sexual exploitation of children and sexual abuse of children. The starting point of the work is the child rape legislation, which includes both sexual acts consisting of intercourse and acts which constitutes a violation compared to that at of a forced sexual intercourse. Of particular interest are those other acts that are comparable to intercourse . These acts consist of anal, oral and vaginal abuse, where the occurrance of penetration seem to be of crucial importance, even though the focus should be on the violation and not the technical nature of the sexual abuse. When the penetrating factor is absent, the sexual act will not be comparable to the violation that characterize an intercourse, and therefore it will not constitute child rape . Instead the act will be classified as sexual abuse of children , which has a much lower penalty. The penalty reflects societys’ view on the severity of the crime.
A common abuse that boys and girls are subjected to is sexual touching of their own genetalia. When boys are exposed to this kind of abuse it is called forced masturbation, but when girls are exposed it is called fondling, touching and insertion of fingers. Girls' genitals are of such anatomical nature that they are penetrated by such kind of touch, which except in legal contexts is called masturbation. Boys' genitals are not penetrable by nature. The legislator considers the violation from forced masturbation as not beeing comparable to the violation from forced sexual intercourse. Thus, an assault consisting of sexually touching a boy's genitals is never considered rape, but to sexually touch a girl's genitals may be rape.
These two actions are similar to each other, but the severity of the violation is deemed to be considered different depending on the sex of the victim. The question is whether the difference in severity of the violation is so great that it justifies the great difference in sentencing . To this question, the author responds no, since there are more factors than the penetration that determines how violated a child is by an abuse.
Since similar actions and violations are considered more severe, and thus has a higher penalty, when it is a girl who is the victim to them, the author is of the opinion that male children are less worthy of protection than the female children in the Swedish sexual offenses legislation. (Less)
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- author
- Börjesson, Christian LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Male children - less worthy of protection than female children?
- course
- JURM02 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- sexualbrott mot barn, sexual abuse, childrens' rights, criminal law, straffrätt, våldtäkt mot barn, sexuellt övergrepp mot barn
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4451223
- date added to LUP
- 2014-09-03 07:38:28
- date last changed
- 2014-09-03 07:38:28
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abstract = {{This work deals with sexual abuse against children, and the overall aim of this work is to investigate if the child sex crimes legislation is unfavorable to children of the male sex. The offenses covered include child rape, sexual exploitation of children and sexual abuse of children. The starting point of the work is the child rape legislation, which includes both sexual acts consisting of intercourse and acts which constitutes a violation compared to that at of a forced sexual intercourse. Of particular interest are those other acts that are comparable to intercourse . These acts consist of anal, oral and vaginal abuse, where the occurrance of penetration seem to be of crucial importance, even though the focus should be on the violation and not the technical nature of the sexual abuse. When the penetrating factor is absent, the sexual act will not be comparable to the violation that characterize an intercourse, and therefore it will not constitute child rape . Instead the act will be classified as sexual abuse of children , which has a much lower penalty. The penalty reflects societys’ view on the severity of the crime.
A common abuse that boys and girls are subjected to is sexual touching of their own genetalia. When boys are exposed to this kind of abuse it is called forced masturbation, but when girls are exposed it is called fondling, touching and insertion of fingers. Girls' genitals are of such anatomical nature that they are penetrated by such kind of touch, which except in legal contexts is called masturbation. Boys' genitals are not penetrable by nature. The legislator considers the violation from forced masturbation as not beeing comparable to the violation from forced sexual intercourse. Thus, an assault consisting of sexually touching a boy's genitals is never considered rape, but to sexually touch a girl's genitals may be rape.
These two actions are similar to each other, but the severity of the violation is deemed to be considered different depending on the sex of the victim. The question is whether the difference in severity of the violation is so great that it justifies the great difference in sentencing . To this question, the author responds no, since there are more factors than the penetration that determines how violated a child is by an abuse.
Since similar actions and violations are considered more severe, and thus has a higher penalty, when it is a girl who is the victim to them, the author is of the opinion that male children are less worthy of protection than the female children in the Swedish sexual offenses legislation.}},
author = {{Börjesson, Christian}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Pojkbarn - mindre skyddsvärda än flickebarn i sexualbrottssammanhang?}},
year = {{2014}},
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