Is it Rape?
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Is it Rape?

On Acquaintance Rape and Taking Women's Consent Seriously

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eBook - ePub

Is it Rape?

On Acquaintance Rape and Taking Women's Consent Seriously

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About This Book

The issue of acquaintance rape has been gaining increased prominence in recent years. In this book Joan McGregor analyses the ethical and legal problems that arise in connection with acquaintance rape cases. She discusses with great clarity and precision the complexities involved in notions such as consent, force, autonomy, power, intention and the impairment of responsibility through drugs, alcohol and mental illness. Arguing that criminal rape laws are too narrow, capturing only cases where there is clearly recognized physical violence and resistance from the victim, she sets out a new proposal for how the criminal law should deal with cases of nonconsensual sex which captures the ideals of a liberal political society and in particular the idea of equality. This book explains fully what it means when a woman says no and means no.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781351926140
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 What is Wrong with the Criminal Law of Rape?
  9. 2 The Historical Treatment of Rape
  10. 3 Expanding the Legal Definition of Rape
  11. 4 Consent and Autonomy
  12. 5 Factors Undermining Consent: Incapacitation
  13. 6 External Constraints
  14. 7 I Thought She Consented: The Mens Rea of Rape
  15. 8 What is the Harm of Rape?
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index