Before revision: In the Netherlands, forced-tongue-kissing was prosecuted as rape from 1998 until 2013 , when the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that it should instead (while still deemed illegal) be viewed as a potential form of sexual assault, carrying a maximum eight-year prison sentence.
After revision: In the Netherlands, forced-tongue-kissing was prosecuted as rape from 1998 until 2017 , when the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that it should instead (while still deemed illegal) be viewed as a potential form of sexual assault, carrying a maximum eight-year prison sentence.