Rape: You're the victim!
A girl was a victim of this crime. She knew the perpetrator, he was her boyfriend. She didn’t press charges. She didn’t have the money to hire a lawyer and bring him to court, didn’t want that kind of publicity, and she felt she was part of the crime; that she didn’t fight hard enough to get him off of her; that somehow it happened because she consented even if she said “No” more than once.
“NO” means “STOP IT, I DON’T WANT TO, GET OFF OF ME!” and if the perpetrator continues, that is rape. You’re not the one who committed the crime, you’re the victim.
If you’re thinking it’s your fault for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the wrong person and you only got what you deserve for being unwise, YOU’RE WRONG!
If a woman opens her purse in a public place and counted her money there, tempting thieves, does that give them the right to mug her? No!
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Rape, also referred to as sexual assault is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent. Rape is generally considered a serious sex crime, as well as a civil assault.
“NO” means “STOP IT, I DON’T WANT TO, GET OFF OF ME!” and if the perpetrator continues, that is rape. You’re not the one who committed the crime, you’re the victim.
If you’re thinking it’s your fault for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the wrong person and you only got what you deserve for being unwise, YOU’RE WRONG!
If a woman opens her purse in a public place and counted her money there, tempting thieves, does that give them the right to mug her? No!
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Rape, also referred to as sexual assault is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent. Rape is generally considered a serious sex crime, as well as a civil assault.
Consent - Duress, in which the victim may be subject to or threatened by overwhelming force or violence, and which may result in absence of objection to intercourse, leads to the presumption of lack of consent. Duress may be actual or threatened force or violence against the victim or somebody else close to the victim. Even blackmail may constitute duress. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in its landmark 1998 judgment used a definition of rape which did not use the word consent. It defined rape as: "a physical invasion of a sexual nature committed on a person under circumstances which are coercive.
Valid consent is also lacking if the victim lacks an actual capacity to give consent, as in the case of a victim with a mental impairment or developmental disability.
Consent can always be withdrawn at any time, so that any further sexual activity after the withdrawal of consent constitutes rape.
The law would invalidate consent in the case of sexual intercourse with a person below the age at which they can legally consent to such relations. Such cases are sometimes called statutory rape or "unlawful sexual intercourse", regardless of whether it was consensual or not.
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There’s no reason for you to feel guilty. You didn’t bring it upon yourself. Criminals will do crimes whether tempted, invited or not because they’ve no respect for authority nor for other people. Don’t give the rapists excuses for their crimes. Don’t take the accusations they rightfully deserve.
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