https://www.nsvrc.org/resource/sex-without-consent-isnt-sex-its-rape/
This discussion guide provides an overview of consent and discusses ways to shift the way we think, talk, and act about sexual assault on college campuses.
https://www.womenslaw.org/about-abuse/forms-abuse/sexual-abuse-and-exploitation/sexual-assault-rape/basic-info/what-statutory
Statutory rape is the crime of sex with a minor when the sex is agreed to by both parties, not forced.
https://ovc.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh226/files/pubs/OVC_Archives/reports/clergy/rape.htm
Rape is regarded as an act which involves sexual activity in that genital contact is involved. However, rape is much more than just the sex act.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252798000351
by M Diamond · 1999 · Cited by 194 — The terms pornography, rape, and sexual assault are in popular use, but are also legal terms. For the purposes of simplicity in the present
https://reportandsupport.gold.ac.uk/support/dispelling-myths-about-sexual-violence-know-the-facts
Sex without consent is rape. Just because someone doesn't have visible injuries doesn't mean they weren't raped.
https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_14/Article_7B.pdf
(a). A person is guilty of second‑degree forcible rape if the person engages in vaginal intercourse with another person: (1). By force and against the will of ...
https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=mjgl
by MJ Anderson · 2010 · Cited by 39 — In the law of rape, consent has been and remains a gendered con- cept. Consent presumes female acquiescence to male sexual initiation. It
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-law-about-rape-and-sex-crimes
Jul 11, 2025 — Skin-to-skin contact is not required to prove penetration in rape by unnatural sexual intercourse. Comm. v. Prado, 94 Mass. App.
https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-informed/about-sexual-violence/sexual-consent/
We all have the right to not want sex or any other kind of sexual activity – for example, kissing, sexual touching or performing a sexual act. We also all have ...
https://satchawaii.org/get-help/rape-drugs/
Commonly referred to as date rape drugs, Rohypnol, GHB, Ketamine, and other substances that can affect judgment and behavior, including alcohol, are used to ...
https://rainn.org/get-the-facts-about-sexual-assault-rape/
Oct 9, 2025 — Legally, “rape” refers to any non-consensual penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus by any body part or object, or oral ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6703139/
by PF Goyer · 1984 · Cited by 157 — Psychiatric evaluations of nonincarcerated adult male victims of same-sex rape have been reported infrequently in the literature.
https://www.aacounty.org/sao/press-releases/brooklyn-park-man-found-guilty-rape-sex-offense-14-year-old-girl
An Anne Arundel County jury found Terence A. Green Jr. guilty of two counts each of second-degree rape and third-degree sex offense of a 14-year-old girl.
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/18/00.031.021.000..HTM
A person commits a felony of the first degree when the person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant.
https://law.uark.edu/alr/PDFs/69-3/ALR-69-3-High.pdf
by A High · Cited by 36 — This article considers the question of whether statutory rape laws can and should be used against members of the class they were designed to protect.
https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-a/title17-Ach11sec0.html
Title 17-A, Chapter 11: SEXUAL ASSAULTS. 17-A §251. Definitions and general provisions · 17-A §252. Rape (REPEALED) · 17-A §253. Gross sexual assault.
https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-publications/quick-facts/Sexual_Abuse_FY21.pdf
The average sentence for offenders convicted of statutory rape was 45 months. •. The average sentence for offenders convicted of abusive sexual contact was 41 ...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1228921
by S Estrich · 1991 · Cited by 601 — The essential elements of rape-sexual intercourse or contact, force, and nonconsent-have remained largely unchanged. Compare, e.g., Act eff
https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/crime-info/types-crime/rape-and-sexual-assault/
Oct 16, 2025 — Rape happens when someone didn't want to have sex or didn't give their consent for sex to happen. Rape is not sex, though you may have heard it ...
https://www.eou.edu/student-affairs/sex-matters/coercive-rape-scenario/
Coercive rape, using verbal pressure to engage a person in intercourse against his or her will, can also happen between people of the same culture and the same ...