Rape (disambiguation)
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Rape derives from the Latin rapio, "to seize". Rape may refer to:
[edit] Sexual activity
- Rape, forced sexual intercourse.
- In some jurisdictions rape refers to other forms of sexual assault
- Rape crisis centers, organisations that help victims of rape, sexual abuse, and other forms of sexual violence
- Rape fantasy, a sexual fantasy in which a person imagines being coerced, raped, or otherwise forced into a sex act
- Rape drug, any drug that can be used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault
- Rape culture, a term used in women's studies to describe a culture in which rape and other types of sexual violence are common
- Rape shield law, a law that limits a defendant's ability to cross-examine rape complainants about their past sexual behaviour
- Rape trauma syndrome, a group of signs, symptoms and reactions of a rape victim
- Rape porn,a genre of pornography involving the depiction of rape
[edit] Legends, art and poetry
- Rape (poem), a poem by Adrienne Rich
- "Rape", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1973 book Witt
- The Rape of the Lock, a mock-heroic narrative poem by Alexander Pope
- "The Rape of Lucrece", a narrative poem by William Shakespeare
- The Rape of Lucretia, an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten
- The Rape of Proserpine, a classical mythological subject in Western art
- The Rape of Proserpina (Bernini), a statue by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
- The Rape of the Sabine Women, a Roman legend, and many artworks derived from it
[edit] Film
- Rape (film), a film by Norwegian director Anja Breien
- Rape / Revenge, a genre of exploitation film that was particularly popular in the 1970s
[edit] Books
- Rape and Representation, a book of essays edited by Lynn A. Higgins and Brenda R. Silver and published in 1991
- Rape of Nanking (book) (1997), a bestselling non-fiction book by Iris Chang
- Rape of the Fair Country (1959), a novel by Alexander Cordell
- "Rape Fantasies", a short story by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood
[edit] Music
- "Rape Me", a song by the American grunge band Nirvana
- Rape Of The World, Marilyn Manson's 2007-2008 tour
- Rape On The Installment Plan, the first studio album by the noise rock band The Heroine Sheiks
- Rape Scene, an album by Thighpaulsandra
- Rape of the Bastard Nazarene, the first album by British blackened death metal band Akercocke
[edit] Bible
[edit] Historical events
- Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, a war crime
- Rape of Athens, a controversial incident in Athens, Alabama during the American Civil War
- Rape of Belgium, a series of German war crimes in the opening months of World War I
- The Battle of Malaya is sometimes known as the Rape of Malaya
- Rape of Manila, the atrocities conducted against Filipino civilians in Manila by Japanese troops during World War II
- Rape of the Falls, a British Army operation on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland in July 1970
[edit] Rape by country
[edit] Other
- RapeLay, Japanese computer game
- Rape (botany), plant also known as also known as oilseed rape, rapa, rapaseed, rapeseed and canola
- Rape (county subdivision), a traditional sub-division of the county of Sussex in England
- Rape rack, a device used in experiments conducted on monkeys during the 1970s
- Rape Art Productions, an Ecuadorian independent record label
- Rape Choke, a slang term used in mixed martial arts

