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Can a woman rape a man?
This might be an uncommon question for common people.
However, it has very important legal implications.
Here you will see the position of the law regarding the question asked taking Tanzania as a case study.
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In ordinary life, it is very common that it is only men who are accused of rape however in some instances you might see or hear some men are complained to have been forced to have sex with a woman without their consent, is that Rape?
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“It is an offense for a male person to rape a girl or a woman.”
Further Section 130(2) of that law provides circumstances where a person can be said to have committed rape after having sexual intercourse with a woman or a girl.
From those provisions the important ingredients of rape are
Someone may ask what if the male reproductive organ did not successfully enter into the female reproductive organ Will it be rape?
According to CAP 16 Section 130 (4)
(a) Penetration however slight is sufficient to constitute the sexual intercourse necessary to the offense; and
(b) Evidence of resistance such as physical injuries to the body is not necessary to prove that sexual intercourse took place without consent.
However, you might hear or see a man forced to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman but according to the law of Tanzania and that is true for the law of England and Wales a woman cannot rape a man simply because the law recognizes the only man to woman action and not vice versa.
This position of the law attracts unending debate all over the world. The authors of a new study of the phenomenon say perhaps it should be.
Natasha McKeever in her wonderful article stated that the notion that a woman cannot rape a man may be both a cause and an effect of the negative gendered stereotyped beliefs which she believes are all outdated.
Yes, a woman might face legal action for raping a man.
The majority of states have changed their rape laws to make them gender-neutral or have introduced additional laws that penalize other forced sexual activities, even if a small number of states still define rape according to the conventional meaning.
According to these laws, a woman might be charged with same-sex rape for raping a male or another woman.
Additionally, a woman could face charges for statutory rape of juvenile boys who are not of consenting age.
About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime (source)
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