Rape law in the United States
Title: Rape law in the United States
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 1586 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Rape law in the United States
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 1586 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
A good start to a discussion of rape law would be to give the legal defintion. Rape is the forcible insertion using force or the threat of force, against the consent of the victim. Consent may not be given if the person is under the age of 17.
<Tab/>After studying Estrich, Mackinnon, and Wriggins theories, we can see a few simialrities and differences. Wriggens identifies that during slavery, the legal system
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rape. They must be changed. They are ridiculous in the aspect that a victim must show signs of resistance. Further, I feel the problem extents outside the laws and into the psyche. The attitudes that we have and sterotypes of rape are all wrong. We must look to educate everyone to the real facts about rape before we can attempt to anaylze and respond or we will be analyzing and respnding to the wrong things.