Rape
Rape is a serious crime in which one person has sexual intercourse with another without that person's consent. The use of this term was once limited to cases in which a man forced a woman to have sex with him. Today, however, the definition has been expanded to apply to both male and female victims. It also includes cases in which the rapist used threats or deception, rather than physical force, to get the victim to submit.
Rape is an age-old crime that often merited severe punishment. Ancient Normans would cut off a rapist's testicles and gouge out his eyes. The laws of Rome and Saxony demanded the execution of rapists, and Hebrew law required that rapists be stoned to death. Ancient Hindus also sentenced rapists to…>> (read more)
Rape Points of View
5 Exaggerated Rape Statistics Cause Unnecessary Alarm
6 Defining and Studying Acquaintance Rape
7 Power Imbalances Between Men and Women Contribute to Rape
8 Evolutionary Basis of Rape
9 Rape Is Not a Natural Act
10 Pornography as a Cause of Rape
11 I Was Raped
12 Why I Refuse to Give Up Jogging After Dark
13 Beyond Broken Promises
14 Other Half of Silence
15 Urge to Hurt
16 How to Spot and Resist Acquaintance Rapists
17 Cyber-Rape: Responding to Online Sexual Violence
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Rape in the News
Byline: Sabin Russell; Chronicle Staff Writer
Five women, including two this week, have been assaulted in Hayward in separate attacks near the center of town - including…>> (read more)
Mexican national Jose Medellin was arrested, tried, and convicted for raping and murdering two Texas teenagers in 1993. He was awarded the death penalty. But because he was not…>> (read more)
Forty-four-year-old David Fleming, a felon who had previously been convicted of rape, robbery, assault, and burglary, forced his way into a Brighton, Tennessee, house owned by his onetime girlfriend…>> (read more)
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