Synonyms
Definition
Acquaintance – Acquaintance refers to being familiar with someone but is particularly a very close trusted friend.
Rape – Rape refers to unlawful sexual intercourse or to engage in any other form of sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the person subjected to such penetration.
Introduction
Earlier research was based on a stereotypic perception of rape in which rape was perpetrated by an unknown man, waiting to attack a female and uses threats or physical force to coerce her into engaging in sexual activity (Williams & Holmes, 1981). Within the psyche of Americans also existed a definition of rape in which rape was committed by a psychopathic man, waiting to attack a young woman, who fights aggressively during the rape and after the attack reports to the police station. When the idea of rape conformed to such a...
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Kanta, S., Singha, P. (2023). Acquaintance Rape. In: Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_382-1
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