Rape is many things: a sexually violent and degrading act perpetrated by one or more persons against a victim or victims, a ferociously symbolic violation of boundaries, and a representation of patriarchal domination enacted through physical and...

Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman without the woman’s consent. This may occur by deception or by...

Three or more separate rape events with an emotional cooling-off period between...

Sexual violence and exploitation are social problems that were relatively neglected as research topics until the late 1960s. This article focuses primarily on the different categories of rape, sexual harassment, child sexual abuse, and related...

Rape is a form of assault where one individual forces another to have sexual intercourse against that person’s will. It may be defined as forcing a person to submit to any sex act, and is generally considered one of the most serious sex crimes, as...

University Wire 04-24-2000 (The Daily Aztec) (U-WIRE) SAN DIEGO -- Lately, there has been an advertisement in The Daily Aztec that states "Rape is Rape." I understand the message the ad is trying to portray. I agree that "rape" is rape and that "date...

When word spread through the western Massachusetts town of Gill that the police chief had been charged with rape, residents quickly avowed his innocence. Sadly, the community's reaction is typical of society's predisposition to rally around an alleged rapist -- particularly when he is...

The man suspected of being a serial killer had been accused of rape on two occasions before the killing of his alleged first victim, but he never stood trial, newspapers reported Saturday.Ronald Dominique was indicted on nine counts of first-degree murder earlier this month. Held...

More than 20,000 supporters of an Islamic alliance rallied Sunday, demanding the government withdraw changes to a controversial rape statute that they say go against Islam.The protesters condemned President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, many chanting "Death to Musharraf." One carried a sign reading, "No to conspiracy...

“Few other human transgressions elicit the level of anger, fear and distaste that many Americans feel in response to sexual crimes.” —Erica Goode In the last three decades of the twentieth century, rape, sexual assault, sexual...

In 1990, a feminist group from Antioch College demanded that the administration of the college institute a sexual consent policy binding upon all Antioch students. The group, Womyn of Antioch, sought the policy out of frustration after two rapes were...

Details the trauma and aftermath a rape victim faces. Describes the recovery process rape victims must endure. References the Alice Sebold's novel, Lucky.

This essay deals with three main psychological explanations of rape. They consist of the evolutionary approach, feminist approach and the social learning approach.