... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.

Judith Lewis Herman
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A person who is raped is someone who is violated, physically and emotionally. The crime of rape is not exclusionary. The victim can be male or female. A woman can be raped, as can a man. What matters is that the person being violated has been subjected to violence, verbal threats, or some other form of coercion.

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