强奸罪的立法完善——以儿童保护为视角

Legislative Perfection on Rape from the Perspective of Children's Protection

我国四十年的刑事立法对于强奸罪立法的改善不多,目前仍然以生殖性性交为核心,采用集中立法模式,将男童和生殖性性交以外的性交行为排除在强奸罪之外,性同意年龄偏低。采用集中立法模式,在一个法条中规制不同年龄和被害人不同态度的强奸行为,立法粗糙,不利于对儿童的全面保护。从实践出发,借鉴国际社会立法经验,应该采用分置立法模式,将一切性交行为都纳入强奸罪,平等保护男童和女童,提高儿童的性同意年龄,设定年龄相近豁免条款,双向保护儿童。

China has made no improvement in the promulgation of its criminal laws pertaining to the crime of rape over the past four decades.Existing laws still give a priority to the actual occurrence of sexual intercourse when it comes to the definition of rape.Apart from adopting the centralized legislative model,they have excluded sexual intercourse with boys and sexual intercourse featuring non-contact between sexual organs from the defined crime of rape.The age of sexual consent is relatively low.It is unscientific and detrimental to the comprehensive protection of children since the centralized legislative model has given a definition to rape in the same article pertaining to different ages and the attitudes of victims.To regulate rape of different ages and victims'different attitudes in one provision is rough and not conducive to the comprehensive protection of children.Based on practical experience,drawing on the legislative experience of the international community,we should adopt the model of separate legislation,designate all acts of sexual intercourse as rape,strengthen the protection of boys and girls equally,raise the age of sexual consent for children,and create exemption clauses for sexual intercourse between children at similar age in a drive to better protect children concerned.