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People vs. Caoili [DISSENTING OPINION, LEONEN, J.]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, V. NOEL GO CAOILI ALIAS "BOY TAGALOG", RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 196848, August 8, 2017] NOEL GO CAOILI, PETITIONER, V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 196342 | 2017-08-08

DISSENTING OPINION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Rape is no longer a crime simply against the chastity of a woman. It is a crime against her person. It is not simply a violation of a woman's moral preferences. It is a violation of her human dignity. Rape labels the violence done to her by another who inhumanely reduces her into an object of lust.
 
For his daughter, a father who kisses her, mashes her breasts, and then inserts his finger into her vagina not only betrays a sacred trust but burdens her life with coerced illicit sexual intercourse. For her, and our legal order as well, it will not make sense to narrowly define sexual...