What is the Difference Between Rape and Sexual Assault?
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Rape is often used as a generic term for unwanted sexual acts.
However, historically its common-law definition required the sexual act
to be intercourse, the rapist to be a man, and the victim to be a woman,
other than his wife. Furthermore, the act had to be committed as a
result of force or the threat of force. Common-law rules often required
the rape to be corroborated by independent witnesses to negate the
offender's defense of consent.
Most modern sexual assault statutes cover intercourse as well as other sexual acts and apply to homosexuals as well as heterosexuals.
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