[Tell It Right]

“’Forcisbly penetrating’? Why don’t they come out and say what it is, i.e., ‘raping’?’”
Probably because the penetration was by an object or fingers.

IMHO, the left has cried "rape" so much, and associated it with "sexual assault" (which truly does have a broad definition). So they feel the need to tell us "penetration" so that we know that this time they mean rape rape, not just wolf whistling or butt grabbing.

[unlearner]

See my previous post on the legal definition of rape in Orgeon.

But I get what you are saying.