Re: Definition of rape

"Rarin Horse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I read in a book recently published by a rape crisis centre that rape is
where a
> woman is forced to have sex that she doesn't want. Even assuming the rape
is
> heterosexual, this is surely wrong?
>
> The definition of rape is sex that the woman doesn't *consent* to, not sex
she
> doesn't *want*. A woman may consent to have sex she doesn't want, as is
common
> both in marriage and prostitution.
>
> Do you agree?

I would think that the most important inaccuracy in the above definition is
that the victim cannot be male.

DLK

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