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.

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

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.

Statutory rape is the crime of sex with a minor when the sex is agreed to by both parties, not forced.

Sex without consent is rape. Just because someone doesn't have visible injuries doesn't mean they weren't raped.

(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 ...

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

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.

Commonly referred to as date rape drugs, Rohypnol, GHB, Ketamine, and other substances that can affect judgment and behavior, including alcohol, are used to ...

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 ...

Mar 18, 2025 — As such, it is a form of partner rape, of domestic violence, and of sexual abuse. Once widely condoned or ignored by law, spousal rape is now ...

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.

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

It is illegal to share or threaten to share private, sexual photos or videos of someone without their permission. This is called intimate image abuse or ...

A third (33%) of people in Britain think it isn't usually rape if a woman is pressured into having sex but there is no physical violence.

5 days ago — Waleed Alharbi, 26, denies raping the woman after meeting her at a Portsmouth nightclub.

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

by L Gotell · 2024 — While we did not set out to look at the interrelation between pornography, image-based sexual abuse, and the use of a “sex games gone wrong” defence, th

May met Alan in a karaoke bar. Both of them drank heavily. Eventually May became drunk, without knowing what Alan really planned to do…

by MJ Anderson · 2010 · Cited by 39 — A Kaiser Family Foundation (2001) study found that 70% of teens 15-17 years of age had accidentally encoun- tered pornography on the Inter