User talk:Vanessavojnovic

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Domestic violence article
Thanks so much for your input to the Domestic violence article about Sexual abuse laws in Canada. Since this particular section of the DV article deals with a high level definition of Sexual abuse, I wonder if that information might be better suited to the Sexual abuse article.

The intention is to keep the article focused on the key topic Domestic violence, and keep the article as brief as possible, because it's found that the longer the articles, the less likely readers are to read it. Does that make sense?--CaroleHenson (talk) 17:04, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

I would have to disagree with you, I believe this article does belong in the domestic violence as it is under the subcategory of "sexual abuse"-- I think readers would like to be informed what sexual assault/abuse is in Canada as there is only information about the US...

Here's the content
− Formerly in Canada the rape statute only included few requirements of what constitutes as rape and the provisions were inadequate. Provisions such as the accused had to be male and the victim had to be female. This rape statute also excluded marital rape. In 1983 Canada changed the rape statute to sexual assault and new and better provisions were put in place. Provisions such as the victim or the perpetrator could be either male or female and it also included marital rape. Unlike the old provisions, the new set also indicated that sexual intercourse does not have to occur in order for someone to be charged. The provisions also include three different level of sexual assault:
 * Sexual assault level one: "pertains to acts involving the least amount of physical injury and can include acts short of penetration such as unwanted sexual touching"
 * Sexual assault level two: "the assault must involve a weapon or the threat of a weapon, or result in bodily harm to the victim"
 * Sexual assault level three: "also know as aggravated sexual assault results in the wounding, maiming, disfiguring, or endangering the life of the victim"

I'd be happy to help you - add this to the article about Sexual abuse - or start an article about Domestic violence in Canada. (See the article I worked on Domestic violence in the United States).

As an aside, for brevity, I've been knocking around summarizing that info to links and brief phrases. Can I help out in some way with your content?--CaroleHenson (talk) 17:22, 7 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I just realized there was content in there about US law. I'm going to shorten that section + add a summarized bit from your content. Sorry about that!--CaroleHenson (talk) 17:30, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * My offer still stands to help with an article for Canada if you're interested.--CaroleHenson (talk) 17:37, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Reply
I'm not sure where your response is, but I saw that you disagreed that the full content should be in the domestic violence article. How about if we add it to the Talk:Domestic violence page and let others weigh-in (the standard way disagreements are settled.) I'll start the conversation and please feel free to add what you'd like to the conversation.--CaroleHenson (talk) 18:44, 7 December 2011 (UTC)