Understanding if what you experienced is rape can help you know your rights and options along with resources to help you heal.

RAINN provides free, confidential support, services, and information to survivors of sexual violence, available 24/7 by phone, chat, or text. RAINN educates adults and kids to reco

Every 98 seconds, someone in the US is sexually assaulted. More than 1 in 3 women have experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. 91

Both rape and sexual assault are defined by the government — and both are illegal. Get the facts on how to identify unwanted sexual contact.

Rape is defined by the United States Department of Justice as "Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex o

Rape was long considered to be caused by unbridled sexual desire, but it is now understood as a pathological assertion of power over a victim. The legal definition of rape has chan

The revised UCR definition of rape is: penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person,

Most statutes currently define rape as nonconsensual oral, anal, or vaginal penetration of the victim by body parts or objects using force, threats of bodily harm, or by taking adv

Rape is a form of sexual assault, which “refers to sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit consent of the victim,” according to (RAINN). For it be “rape,” i

Signs and symptoms of someone who has been sexually assaulted or raped tend to include depression, guilt, anger, and anxiety. Behaviorally, the victim of sexual violence might beco