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This 5 page paper examines different issues concerning rape., The paper begins by defining rape and the different types, such as non-acquaintance rape, date rape, workplace rape and incestual rape. The paper then considers the causes of rape and the results it may have on the victims. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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to exonerate the perpetrator and shift the blame towards other factors. The act of rape may be defined in different ways, however an all encompassing definition which is used in
this paper is that of "nonconsensual sexual penetration of an adolescent or adult obtained by physical force, by threat of bodily harm, or when the victim is incapable of giving
consent" (Searles and Berger, 1987). This inability to give consent may be for a range of reasons, for example, being below the age of consent, influence of alcohol or
drugs or due to mental illness or mental retardation (Searles and Berger, 1987). There are also different types of rape which are not reflected in this definition, as
it is all encompassing. The usual perception of rape is the attack by the strange, known as non acquaintance rape. However, this is also in a minority of rape cases
as statistics show that a women is more than four times more likely to be raped by someone that she knows (Warshaw, 1994). Where there is knowledge of the
victim by the perpetrator this may be date rape, workplace rape or may even be family or insetual rape. Overall, of all rapists only 17% will be strangers to their
victims (the remaining 83% will fall into the later acquaintance categories (Rape 101, 2003). Date rape has received a great deal of publicity. This is where following a date, sex
is forced upon the woman. There are many perceptions regarding this. The male perception that paying for a meal is earning the man some rights over the woman is a
perceptive that is losing any justification. Date rape is one of the most common, with a study in Michigan indicating that 30% of rape victims were raped by steady dates
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