arrests. Only 11 percent of assaults involve some type of weapon. Most rapists know their victim and a fourth of rapes happen between intimate partners. The definition of what constitutes consent varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In Canada, for example, consent means the voluntary agreement to engage in the activity in question. There is no consent when the perpetrator uses their position of trust or authority over the victim, when the victim later refuses what they initially agreed to, when the victim expresses they do not want to engage in sexual activity, and when the victim cannot give proper consent because of their mental, physical, or emotional status.
RAPE Rape, as mentioned, involves some type of penetrative act that happens because of abuse of authority, coercion, physical force, or the incapability of the victim to give consent. The incapability of giving consent can be because of the age of the victim being below the age of consent, unconsciousness, intellectual disability, or incapacitation. Culturally, the rate of rape in a population differs greatly in different countries. As mentioned, most rape is between people who know each other, with prison rape and rape during wartime being especially prevalent. Most jurisdictions indicate that rape is an act of sexual penetration. Historically, rape did not always mean intercourse or even sexual intent. It was considered to be just an act committed by a man against a woman by the FBI until 2012. This was changed to involve penetration of any type by anything or any body part of the anus or vagina, or of the genital organs into the mouth. Gender of the perpetrators and victims are not described. Victims of rape can be of many different types, including different sexual orientations, ethnicity, ages, genders, degrees of impairment, disability, culture, and geographical location. The different types of rape described as subcategories include incestual rape, sexual assault on a child, date rape, gang rape, prison rape, marital rape, statutory rape, and acquaintance rape. It can be present with or without physical injury to the victim.
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