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It's an interesting thought experiment. Here's my counter-scenario:

She agrees to have sex only if he doesn't come. Unfortunately, he gets over-excited and comes anyway. She obviously doesn't notice until it actually happens.

In this scenario, he obviously has breached the initial conditions. Is that rape though?



The problem with this scenario is that it's difficult to determine if it was accidental or not. Did he purposely ignore her request?

In the Assange case, it's hard to say that he 'accidentally' didn't put on a condom after agreeing to put on a condom.




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