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What happens when you are raped?
what occurs when a person is being raped
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There are several different types of rape. One thing rape has in common is the lack of consent of one party.
While men can be raped by a women, the most likely targets of rape are women so I will use women in my explanation.
One of the most common forms of rape has to with the inability of a women to give consent. The is usually referred to as Date Rape. An example of date rape is a women gets drunk and her date or acquaintance takes her up to his room and has sex with her. She wakes up the next morning and finds herself in bed with him, realizes that they had sexual relations that night. She doesn't remember anything, doesn't remember consenting and never would have consent to having sex with him. She has been raped. Just because she may not have said no does not mean she consented. She was unable to legally consent.
A person that is intoxicated to the point of being incapable of giving consent cannot give consent. In the past a boy could bring a room full of witnesses into a court room to testify to her consent or initiation to sex and he would get off. That has changed. She has to meet the legal definition of being able to give consent. Drunk or sober he had to realize the fact that she is too drunk to give consent.
Then their is statutory rape: If a women is below that age of consent and the boy is more than 3 to 4 years older than her. Depending on the laws in that state the boy can be charged with statutory rape and other offenses. A girl below the age of consent cannot legally consent to sex. Statutory rape does not mean sex occurred either. Just that these two are together and she is to young to consent could bring the charge of statutory rape.
The their is forcible rape which is self explanatory. No consent is given. The women is over powered by the male and raped.
Then there is the Mann Act: The Mann act is not exactly Rape but it may as well be. The Mann act has to do with taking a child, someone under the age of consent or a women against her will across state lines for the purpose of immoral acts. The term immoral acts is so vague that sex does not have to actually take place for this charge to be levied. The Mann act is a Federal Law.
If any of this has happened to you call the police and report what has happened. Then for your own self interest call the rape hotline 1-8220-656-4673(HOPE). This is a 24/7 hotline maned by professional volunteers who will help you find people in your community to help you deal with this.
Rape is not something that can just forget about and moved on. It will come back to haunt the victim. Getting help when and if rape happens will allow the victim to hopefully live a good life afterwards.
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Rape occurs when an a person forces another person to have sex, using physical force, duress (like threats), abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of giving consent (i.e., someone who is too young, has passed out, or not is not mentally competent).
Rape takes all different forms and happens in many different ways. What all rapes have in common is that one person is making another person have sex against their will, or without the other person being capable of saying no or understanding what is happening.
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