Date Rape and Consent

This text aims to clarify the issue of date rape. It begins by looking at the emergence of the issue against the background of feminist activism on rape, and moves on to an examination of accounts of date rape and a discussion of the boundaries of coercive and non-coercive sex.

Interest in the phenomenon of date rape is growing in the UK. It is clear that a high percentage of the rapes which are not reported or successfully prosecuted are acquaintance and date rape. This book aims to help clarify the issue. It begins by looking at the emergence of the issue against the background of feminist activism on rape, and moves on to a detailed examination of accounts of date rape, and a discussion of the boundaries between coercive and non-coercive sex.

Stranger rape and date rape: how rape is dealt with in Britain
theories of rape
legal definitions of rape
rape as a moral category. Date rape - the evidence: forms of rape excluded by the definition used
two descriptions of date rape
introduction to the surveys
US surveys - the MS report on date rape, other US surveys relating to date rape, studies which undermine Koss and Russell
Canadian surveys - woman abuse in dating relationships, the statistics Canada Violence Against Women survey, the Canadian panel on violence against women
British studies - ask any woman, Glasgow Evening Times survey on violence against women, the hidden figure - domestic violence in North London, surviving sexual violence
date rape - the "prison works" solution - Mary Koss in Warsaw, I never called it rape, Diana Russell, San Francisco survey, Canadian panel on violence against women, Ruth Hall, ask any women Glasgow Evening Times survey on violence against women, Jayne Mooney, the hidden figure - domestic violence in North London
issues raised by the survey literature on date rape. Date rape and the concept of consent: a general concept of consent?
aspects of sexual consent - knowing what you consent to
aspects of sexual consent - intending to consent
aspects of sexual consent - the communication of consent, communicative sexuality
communicative sexuality criticised, aspects of sexual consent - background of free choice. Sex on a sloping playing field: sex in a patriarchal society - rival theories
male and female diversity and sexual bargaining. Conclusion: philosophical issues
legal issues
issues for further research.