Is it rape? : on acquaintance rape and taking women's consent seriously /: on acquaintance rape and taking women's consent seriously. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joan McGregor.
• Other Names: McGregor, Joan
• Contents: 1. What is wrong with the criminal law of rape? -- Historical factors -- The facts about rape -- The problems with our views about rape -- The plan for the book -- 2. The historical treatment of rape -- Historical lessons -- The Model Penal Code -- An unfortunate conjunction -- Conclusion -- 3. Expanding the legal definition of rape -- No serious harm objection -- Lack of clear distinction -- Mens rea objection -- The paradox of acquaintance rape -- Patronizing to women objection -- Radical feminist objections to rape reform -- Liberal responses -- Assessing the objections -- The context of the problem -- Conclusion -- 4. Consent and autonomy -- Is consent the critical notion? -- The moral importance of consent -- Protecting sexual autonomy in the criminal law -- Who has sexual autonomy? -- What is consent? -- The ontology of consent : different conceptions -- Tacit consent -- The range of consent -- 5. Factors undermining consent : incapacitation -- When does 'yes' not mean yes? -- Internal constraints : alcohol -- Mental illness and retardation -- Age -- 6. External constraints -- Coercion -- Deception -- Conclusion -- 7. I thought she consented : the mens rea of rape -- Unreasonable beliefs about consent -- Is it reasonable to believe that 'no' means yes? -- Reasonable beliefs and social conventions -- 8. What is the harm of rape? -- How is the victim wronged? -- Moral injury to personal status -- Is consent all that matters? -- What about sadomasochists? -- Where do we go from here?
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Subjects: 362.883; Acquaintance rape; Viol par une connaissance; Acquaintance rape; Verkrachting; Vriendschap; Seksuele betrekkingen; Toestemming
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351926140; 1351926144
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