Rape

Rape is forced, unwanted sexual intercourse. Rape, sometimes also called sexual assault, can happen to both men and women of any age.

Rape is about power, not sex. A rapist uses actual force or violence — or the threat of it — to take control over another human being. Some rapists
use drugs to take away a person's ability to fight back. Rape is a crime, whether the person committing it is a stranger, a date, an acquaintance, or a
family member.

No matter how it happened, rape is frightening and traumatizing. People who have been raped need care, comfort, and a way to heal.

Types

There are several types of rape, generally categorized by reference to the situation in which it occurs, the sex or characteristics of the victim, and/or
the sex or characteristics of the perpetrator. Different types of rape include but are not limited to: date rape, gang rape, marital rape or spousal rape,
incestual rape, child sexual abuse, prison rape, acquaintance rape, war rape and statutory rape.[18] The victim does not have to be penetrated to be
raped; the perpetrator can use objects to stimulate the genitals. The perpetrator can use their hand to stimulate the genitals. The perpetrator can use
drugs (roofies and others) or hypnosis to incapacitate the victim. Rape is not always done for sexual satisfaction of the perpetrator. Blackmail,
punishment, curiosity, money, and power are all motives for rape, as well as sex.

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In criminal law, rape is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with another person without that person's consent. Outside of law, the
term is often used interchangeably with sexual assault,[1][2][3] a closely related (but in most jurisdictions technically distinct) form of assault typically
including rape and other forms of non-consensual sexual activity.[4][5]

The rate of reporting, prosecution and convictions for rape varies considerably in different jurisdictions. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999)
estimated that 91% of U.S. rape victims are female and 9% are male, with 99% of the offenders being male.[6] In one survey of women, only two
percent of respondents who stated they were sexually assaulted said that the assault was perpetrated by a stranger.[7] Several studies argue that male-
male and female-female prison rape are quite common and may be the least reported form of rape.[8][9][10]

When part of a widespread and systematic practice, rape and sexual slavery are recognized as crimes against humanity and war crimes. Rape is also
recognized as an element of the crime of genocide when committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a targeted ethnic group.