DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT

DEFINING RAPE  HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE RAPE?  WHAT BEHAVIORS OR ACTS OUGHT TO BE INCLUDED?  SHOULD SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

 Political Movement and Rape  “ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE “ VIOLENCE, NOT SEX ” ARGUMENT, FEMINISTS ALSO DEFINED RAPE AS ANY FORM OF UNWANTED SEXUAL CONTACT, THEREBY EXPANDING THE CONCEPT TO INCLUDE FORCED ANAL OR ORAL INTERCOURSE OR CONTACT, PENETRATION WITH FINGERS OR OTHER OBJECTS, AND OTHER ACTS. ” (PAGE 58)

Rape Investigation  DEFINITIONS BASED ON OFFENDER CLASSIFICATIONS, TO BE DISCUSSED LATER. (PAGES: )

Bio-Socio Explanation  “ BY ONE INTUITIVE AND RELEVANT DEFINITION, RAPE IS COPULATION RESISTED TO THE BEST OF THE VICTIM ’ S ABILITY UNLESS SUCH RESISTANCE WOULD PROBABLY RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY TO THE VICTIM OR IN DEATH OR INJURY TO INDIVIDUALS THE VICTIM COMMONLY PROTECTS. OTHER SEXUAL ASSAULTS, INCLUDING ORAL AND ANAL PENETRATION OF A MAN OR A WOMAN UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS, ALSO MAY BE CALLED RAPE UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES. ” (THORNHILL & PALMER: PG.1)

DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT The following definitions are not the only existing definitions.

CONSENSUAL SEX SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH BOTH PARTNERS DESIRING SEX.

RAPE PENIS-VAGINA INTERCOURSE AGAINST A WOMAN'S WILL AND WITHOUT HER CONSENT (THIS IS A LEGAL DEFINITION, AND VARIES SLIGHTLY BY STATE).

SEXUAL ASSAULT A FORCED SEXUAL ACT AGAINST ONE ’ S WILL (GENDER NEUTRAL).

AGGRAVATED RAPE RAPE WHICH OCCURS WITH MORE THAN ONE ASSAILANT OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER CRIME (KIDNAPPING, MURDER, ASSAULT, ETC.).

GANG RAPE RAPE WHICH OCCURS WITH MORE THAN ONE ASSAILANT.

SIMPLE RAPE RAPE WITHOUT VIOLENCE OR FORCE, WITH A SINGLE ASSAILANT OR WITHOUT ANY OTHER ACCOMPANYING CRIME.

ACQUAINTANCE RAPE RAPE BY SOMEONE THE VICTIM KNOWS (SOMETIMES ONLY OFFENDER KNOWS).

DATE RAPE RAPE BY SOMEONE THE VICTIM HAS BEEN OR IS DATING.

SOFT RAPE COERCION USED TO ENGAGE A VICTIM IN INTERCOURSE AGAINST HIS/HER WILL.

Gray Rape Katie Roiphe, The Morning After: Fear, Sex and Feminism, 1994 Laura Sessions Stepp, Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both “sex that falls somewhere between consent and denial and is even more confusing than date rape because often both parties are unsure of who wanted what.” Cosmopolitan

PARTY RAPE SEXUAL ASSAULTS THAT OCCUR IN A SOCIAL SETTING THAT USUALLY INVOLVE THE USE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS AND MAY INVOLVE MORE THAN ONE OFFENDER. OFTEN THE INTENTION OF THE PARTY IS TO OBTAIN SEX BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.

LITTLE RAPES  OR MINI RAPES  OR SEXUAL ANNOYANCE  OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Intergenerational Love The sexual exploitation of a child under the guise of a consensual relationship.

Nonviolent Incest The rape by extortion of a child by a family member, creating a climate of oppression and fear in the child ’ s daily life.

Molestation Sexual assault of a child.

Fondling Nonpenetrative sexual misconduct with a child.

Pedophile An individual with intense, recurrent sexually arousing fantasies and urges toward prepubescent children.

WHAT IS HARASSMENT?  UNINVITED AND UNWELCOME VERBAL OR PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR OF A SEXUAL NATURE ESPECIALLY BY A PERSON IN AUTHORITY TOWARD A SUBORDINATE (AS AN EMPLOYEE OR STUDENT)

ARE THESE ALL THAT BAD? 1. UNWANTED - UNSOLICITED 2. LOSS OF CONTROL, VULNERABLE; OTHER THAN