PENETRATION In prosecuting the crime of rape, you must have evidence of penetration. Penetration is when the penis comes in contact with the vagina, touching however slightly. The man does not have to have an erection. The penis does not have to be inserted into the vagina for penetration to occur. It is also penetration to insert any foreign object into the vagina (rape by instrumentation).
RAPE Rape is an act of sexual intercourse in which the person does not give consent and is not married to the assailant. The law further defines the following circumstances as rape: (1) where the person is incapable of consent due to mental disease, disorder, or physicial disability; (2) where the act is accomplished against a person's will by means of force or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury; (3) where the person cannot resist due to intoxicating, narcotic, or anesthetic substances administered by or with the privity of the accused; (4) where the act is accomplished against the victim's will by threatening to retaliate in the future against the victim or other person; and (5) where the victim is unconscious.
SPOUSAL RAPE Spousal or marital rape is sexual intercourse against the victim's will by the spouse, accomplished by force or fear of immediate unlawful bodily harm or future retaliation. It must be reported within 90 days. Marital rape is against the law in all 50 states.
SEXUAL BATTERY Any person who touches an intimate part of another person, if that touching is against the will of the person touched and is for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratifiction, or abuse, is guilty of sexual battery. Intimate parts include sexual organs, groin, buttocks, and/or breasts.
UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE An act of sexual intercourse (consensual or not) with a female under the age of 16 who is not your spouse. In Oklahoma, a child under the age of 15 cannot give consent.
ORAL COPULATION Physical contact between the mouth of one person and the genitals of another person. CUNNILINGUS is a person's mouth on the genitals of a female. FELLATIO is a person's mouth on the genitals of a male.
SODOMY Physical contact between the penis of one person and the anus of another person.
INCEST Sexual intercourse between blood relatives or surrogate family. The term has unofficially broadened in the field of therapy to include trusting an adult or anyone with a power advantage, mental or physical, over a child, who betrays that trust in a sexual manner, verbally or non-verbally, covertly or overtly.
ASSAULT All other physical attacks are prosecuted under assault.
CHILD MOLESTATION The willful committing of any lewd or lascivious act upon the body or any part or member of a child under 14 years with the intent of arousing, appealing to or gratifying the lusts, passions or sexual desires of such person or child.
SEXUAL ASSAULT A general, non-legal term used to describe sexual crimes including rape, spousal rape, sexual battery, oral copulation incest, etc.
A man has raped at least TEN times before he is caught. The majority of rapists are involved in consenting sexual relationships or are married. Motivations include POWER, ANGER, and SADISM.
