- Acquaintance rape is forced, unwanted sexual intercourse with a person who is known to the victim. It can be someone you have recently met, someone you dated a few times, someone you used to work with, etc. It is a violation of the victim's body and trust.
- Stranger rape is forced, unwanted sexual intercourse by someone the victim does not know.
- Marital rape can be defined as any unwanted intercourse between spouses that is obtained by force, threat of force, or when the victim is unable to give consent.
- Gang rape is when a group of people participate in the rape of a single victim.
- Drug-facilitated rape is when drugs or alcohol are used to compromise an individual's ability to consent to sexual activity. In addition, drugs and alcohol are used to minimize the resistance and memory of the victim of a sexual assault.
- Statutory rape describes consensual sexual relations that occur when one participant is below the age required to legally consent to the behavior. Basically, statutory rape is illegal sexual activity between two people when it would otherwise be legal if not for their age. The age of consent is the age at which individuals are considered competent to give consent to sexual conduct. Different jurisdictions use many different terms for the crime, such as "sexual assault," "rape of a child," "corruption of a minor," or "unlawful carnal knowledge." Statutory rape differs from forcible rape in that overt force or threat need not be present. However, statutory rape is assumed to involve coercion because a minor is legally incapable of giving consent to the act.
- crisisinterventioncenter.org
-The Albany County Crime Victim and Sexual Violence Center offers a 24-hour sexual assault hotline: (518)447-7716
Contributed by RT, age 16
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