Article: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SURVEY RESPONDENTS' WRITTEN DEFINITIONS OF DATE RAPE.

ABSTRACT: Qualitative and quantitative analyses were conducted on 170 participants' written definitions of date rape. The qualititative analysis identified several key themes that characterized womens' and men' perceptions of date rape including the issues of consent, use of force, the sex acts that constitute date rape, and the context in which they occur. Thematic analysis also indicated whether participants' perceived date rape to be gender neutral or gender specific, an important issue given the feminist discourse on this matter that accompanied replacement of the gendered term "rape" in the Canadian Criminal Code with the new, non-gendered offence of sexual assault. ...

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