What are Legal Aspects of Rape?
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According to common law, there are three elements to the crime of rape when the female is over the age of consent:
1. Carnal knowledge (penetration)
2. Forcible submission
3. Lack of consent
Penetration, as an essential element of rape, means generally that the sexual organ of the male entered the sexual organ of the female. Court opinions have held that penetration, how- ever slight, is sufficient to sustain a charge of rape. In many states, the victim must have resisted the assault and her resistance must have been overcome by force. The amount of resistance that the victim is expected to have displayed de- pends on the specific circumstances of the case.
It can be expected that one woman would be paralyzed by fear and rendered mute and helpless by circumstances that would inspire another to fierce resistance or that a woman may be rendered incapacitated by drugs such as Rohypnol or GHB.
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