RAPE

SEXUAL SINS OR NOT?

Sex has always played a big role in creation. Animals act on instinct and thus procreate. Humans are different. Sex has the purpose of procreation but also of bonding and enjoyment. 

When talking about sex, things like marriage, fornication, adultery, “consenting adults”, “friends with benefits”, “casual sex”, “swinging”, homosexuality, bi-sexuality”, prostitution, zoophilia, rape, incest, GSA (Genetic Sexual Attraction), “avunculate marriage”, sexbots, etc. come up. 

This is not a scientific study on sex and sexual relationships. We’ll look at general trends, behaviour of people in this field, and gather info from various sources to get a general picture of what is going on in the world of sexual relationships. 

Sex according to the Bible:

Here I’ll refer to Kerby Anderson summary: 

God created men and women in His image (Gen. 1:27) as sexual beings. But because of sin in the world (Rom. 3:23), sex has been misused and abused (Rom. 1:24-25).

A biblical perspective of human sexuality must recognize that sexual intercourse is exclusively reserved for marriage for the following purposes. First, it establishes the one-flesh union (Gen. 2:24-25; Matt. 19:4-6). Second, it provides for sexual intimacy within the marriage bond. The use of the word “know” indicates a profound meaning of sexual intercourse (Gen. 4:1). Third, sexual intercourse is for the mutual pleasure of husband and wife (Prov. 5:18-19). Fourth, sexual intercourse is for procreation (Gen. 1:28). 

Sex is very powerful and can be compared to nuclear energy. Within certain specifications of containment it is very useful, without the bounds of containment it is very dangerous en even very destruct full and can cause disasters and lead to death 

In the upcoming “pages” we will look closer at the various types of sexual relations for example fornication, adultery, prostitution, rape, homosexuality, pornography, sexbots, necrophilia, etc.

These pages are mainly put together from other sources, written by various people, on these matters. Credit is given and sources are quoted.

SOME OF THE INFO MIGHT BE DISTRUBING TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT THE PURPOSE IS TO PORTRAY WHAT GOING ON IN THE WORLD. JUST AS THE BIBLE ADDRESS THESE THINGS DIRECTLY IN VARIOUS PLACES.

RAPE

CONTENTS

·         DEFINITION

·         GENERAL

·         LAWS IN COUNTRIES

·         FILMS AND BOOKS ON AND ABOUT RAPE

·         IN THE NEWS 

·         RAPE AND THE BIBLE

·         CONCLUSION

·         WHAT IF YOU WERE/ARE INVOLVED? 

DEFINITION OF RAPE

SECULAR

Unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent because of mental illness, mental deficiency, intoxication, unconsciousness, or deception — compare sexual assault, statutory rape

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rape 

Unlawful sexual intercourse or any other 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 victim.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/rape 

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability or is below the legal age of consent. The term rape is sometimes used interchangeably with the term sexual assault.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape 

statutory-rape

Sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/statutory-rape

 BIBLICAL DEFINITION

Rape – Sexual intercourse taken by force. Sexual intercourse taken without consent.

 GENERAL

When talking about rape there are many concepts that come to mind. Male on female rape, male on male rape, female on male rape, female on female rape, gang rape, etc.

 STATISTICS ON RAPE WORLD WIDE

 One survey revealed the following:

·         More than 1 in 4 men interviewed (27.6%) had raped a woman or a girl in the past year.

·         Almost 10 % of all men interviewed said they had raped with one or more other perpetrators when a woman didn’t consent to sex, was forced or when she was too drunk to stop them.

·         Rape of men and boys was also reported, and 2.9% said they had done this.

·         Attempted rape was reported by 16.8% of men and 5.3% of men said they had done so in the previous 12 months.

·         Patterns of rape-  Nearly one in two of the men who raped (46.3%) said they had raped more than one woman or girl.

·         In all, 23.2% of men said they had raped 2-3 women, 8.4% had raped 4-5 women, 7.1% said they had raped 6-10 and 7.7% said they had raped more than 10 women or girls.

·         When asked about their age at the first time they had forced a woman or girl into sex, 9.8% said they were under 10 years old, 16.4% were 10-14 years old, 46.5% were 15-19 years old, 18.6% were 20-24 years old 

 

TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH MAXIMUM RAPE CRIMES

by Ejaz Khan August 27, 2017, 10:31 pm

 

Rape is a particularly complex crime to analyse, in several parts of the world, it is very rarely reported. Women in some countries are much less likely to have their complaint recorded, due to the extreme social stigma cast on women who have been raped, or subjected to violence or the fear of being disowned by their families.

Rape and other sexual assaults statistics are commonly available in advanced countries, and are becoming more common. Large numbers of rapes go unreported throughout the world. Here, we’ve presented the statistics for 10 renowned countries with maximum rape crimes. You would be amazed to see that the most developed countries like America, Canada, Sweden and United Kingdom are the most immersed in this crime. About 36% of women globally have experienced either physical or sexual intimate violence. In U.S. 83% of girls aged 12 to 16 have experienced some form of sexual harassment in public schools. In England, 1 out of 5 women (aged 16 to 59) experience some form of sexual violence. Following is a detailed list of countries with maximum rape crimes.

 

 

TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH MAXIMUM RAPE CRIMES:

 

10. DENMARK AND FINLAND

One out of three women in Europe have suffered some form of physical or sexual assault and 5% have been raped.

According to a 2014 study published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, approximately 47% of women surveyed in Finland were said to have suffered physical and/or sexual abuse; And 52 % of women in Denmark were said to have suffered physical and/or sexual abuse. Finland was one of the last countries in the EU to criminalize marital rape, making it illegal in 1994.

More than 1 in 10 of the women interviewed indicated that they experienced some form of sexual violence by an adult before they were 15 years old. One out of 10 had experienced some form of sexual violence since the age of 15, one in 20 had been raped. And over 1 out of 5 had experienced physical and/or sexual violence from either a current or previous partner. Only 13 % of women reported their most serious incident to the police. (Source).

 

 9. Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is at 9th position with maximum rape crimes. At least one woman is raped every 90 minutes in zimbabwe. According to the latest statistics by Zimbabwe National Statistics (ZimStat), 500 women were sexually abused monthly – about 16 women being raped daily.

A total of 1 524 cases were reported during the first 3 months of the year, up from 1 285 recorded in the same period last year. Of these reported case, 780 are children (ages from 11 to 16 years) while 276 were children aged between 5 and 10 years. However, there are fears that the number could be higher as some cases go unreported. (Link).

According to UNICEF, Child rape up 42 percent in Zimbabwe. It said the number of cases of rape of minors reported to police surged from 2,192 in 2010 to 3,112 in 2014. Many other cases likely went unreported in a climate of secrecy and denial.

 

 

 8. Australia
In Australia the reported rape rate per 100,000 people is relatively high. During the year 2012, an estimated 51,200 Australians aged 18 years and over were a victim of sexual assault. Almost a third (30%) of victims of sexual assault had the most recent incident they experienced reported to the police.

According to news.com, 1 out of 6 Australian women has to face the torture of rape by a non-partner, compared to one in 14 women around the world. It said that Australian women aged over 15 are victims of rape. Australia (with New Zealand in the research) came third in the worldwide study with 16.4 % of women reporting being raped by someone other than a partner.

Karen Willis, the NSW Rape Crisis Centre executive officer, says more than 70 % of these sexual assaults are carried out by family members, friends, work or school colleagues. A further 29 % of rapes are perpetrated by someone the woman meets socially or occur on a date. Just 1% of rapes are committed by strangers, she said.

7. Canada
Among all violent crimes reported to police, sexual assault showed a rapid increase in reported rates in Canada. According to huffingtonpost, there are 460,000 sexual assaults in the country every year. Its said that 33 out of every 1,000 sexual assault cases are reported to the police, and 29 are recorded as a crime.

One out of 4 North American women has to face the torture of rape during their lifetime. 11% of women have physical injury resulting this torture. According to the statistics, only 6% of incidents are reported to the police. Over 80% of victims are women, maximum incidents occur in the home and 80% of assailants are friends and family of the victim. The most disturbing fact is that 83% of disabled women will be sexual assaulted during their lifetime. About all sexual assault victims, 17% are girls and 15% are boys under 16.

 6. New Zealand

In 2013, The Roast Busters scandal exposed the truth about rape in New Zealand. A group of young men from West Auckland, calling themselves “Roast Busters”, who allegedly sought to intoxicate underage girls to gang rape them.

According to a report by British medical journal The Lancet sexual assault rate in New Zealand is far higher than the world average. It placed the country at the third highest rate with 16.4 % of its female population, alongside Australia.

According to the Minister of Justice Publication Report; Every two hours an attack involving sexual violence is happening in New Zealand. Statistics now suggest that 1 out of 3 girls and one out of six boys are likely to be sexually abused before the age of 16.

Sexual assaults rose 15% in a year, and at schools the number doubled. Only 9 percent of sexual offences are reported (registered by police) in New Zealand. Of all the reported cases, only 13% end in a conviction. 91 % of the rapes either go unreported, or the victims are intimidated by the police to drop complaints. (New Zeeland Herald).

 5. India
Rape and Sexual violence is a massive problem in India. According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), crimes against women have increased by 7.5% since 2010. The number of reported rapes in India, a country of over 1.2 billion people, has gone up to 33,707 in 2013 from 24,923 in 2012. The majority of rape victims are between 18 years and 30 years. About one out of three victims is below 18, and one in ten rape victims is under 14. In India, a woman is raped after every 20 minutes.

As per 2013 statistics, New Delhi has the highest number of reported rape cases among Indian cities. Last year, on average four rape cases were reported in the city. In number of total rape cases, New Dehli (1,636) was followed by Mumbai (391), Jaipur (192) and Pune (171). Madhya Pradesh is the highest among all other states with an average records 11 rapes every day. Madhya Pradesh (4,335 cases) was followed by Rajasthan (3,285 cases), Maharashtra (3,063 cases) and Uttar Pradesh (3,050 rape cases).

93 women are being raped in the country every day. The majority of the offenders are known to the victims – 31,807 (94%) were familiar to the accused, which includes neighbours (10782), other known persons (18171), relatives (2315) and parents (539). (timesofindia).

Most rapes go unreported in India and the rest of the world. According to Madiha Kark, an estimated 54% of rape crimes are unreported, while Mihir Srivastava estimates 90% of rapes go unreported in India. (Source).

 

4. England and Wales
Rape in the United Kingdom is not a gender neutral offense: it is an offense that can only be committed by a male against a person. Also the UK has not to date followed the trend in many countries of classifying acts other than penetration with a penis (e.g. penetration with an object, finger) as rape. (Rape statistics United Kingdom).

According to a report entitled “An Overview of Sexual Offending in England and Wales”, released in 2013, by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Home Office; Approximately 85,000 victims of rape per year in England and Wales – 73,000 females and 12,000 males, equating to about 230 cases every day. The report stated that 1 in every 5 women has experienced some form of sexual violence since the age of 16. See the full report, a summary and/or the data tables here.

According to the BBC reports, the number of rapes reported to and recorded by police is at its highest ever level, increase by 29 percent as overall crime falls in England and Wales.

According to a study by the NSPCC on young people (aged between 13–18), a third of girls and 16 percent of boys have experienced sexual violence and that as many as 250,000 teenage girls are suffering from abuse at any one time. 12 percent of boys and 3 percent of girls reported committing sexual violence against their partners.

 3. USA

According to George Mason University, Worldwide Sexual Assault Statistics, 1 in 3 American women will be sexually abused during their lifetime. About 19.3% of women and 2% of men have been raped at least once in their lives. Additionally, an estimated 43.9% of women and 23.4% of men experienced other forms of sexual violence during their lifetimes. Many victims of sexual abuse were victimized at a young age, about 79% were first raped before age 25, and 40% before age 18. (usatoday).

According to RAIIN, Every 107 seconds, someone in the United States is sexually assaulted. There is an average of 293,000 victims (age 12 or older) of sexual assault each year. 68% of sexual assaults are not reported to the police. 98% of rapists will never spend a day in jail.

Rape And Sexual Assault Among College-Age: An average (65,668+ & 2,866+) college-age women and men experienced a rape sexual assault annually. More than a quarter of college-age women report having experienced a rape or rape attempt since age 14. Out of all, only 16% of the total cases are reported. Females ages 18 to 24 had higher rates of rape and sexual assault than females in other age groups. Rate of rape crime is 1.2 times higher for nonstudents than students. Female students were more likely to experience rape or sexual assault victimization away from home, while nonstudents were more likely to be at home. Among females living in rural areas, the rate of rape and sexual assault victimization was almost 2 times higher for non-students. (Bureau of Justice Statistics).

Rape Crimes in Prisons; According to The Department for Justice, more men are raped in the U.S. than woman in prisons – 216,000 prisoners are raped per year in the U.S. According to the latest National Inmate Survey, 4% of prisoners, 3.2% of people in jail and 9.5% of those in juvenile detention said they had been the victim of sexual abuse. Almost 7% of women said they had been sexually abused by a fellow inmate, while more men said they had been assaulted by staff.

 

2. Sweden

Sweden now has the second highest number of rapes in the world, after South Africa, which at 53.2 per 100,000. Statistics now suggest that 1 out of every 4 Swedish women comes out to be the victim of rape. If you look at the number of rapes, however, the increase is even worse. In 1975, there were only 421 rapes reported to the police – in 2014, it was 6,620. That is an increase of 1,472%. It would seem Sweden is a much more dangerous place for women in the world.

Sweden has the highest rate of rape in Europe. In 2013, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå), there were 63 rape cases per 100,000 population reported to the Swedish police.

According to rape crisis advocates in Sweden, 1 out of 3 Swedish women have been sexually assaulted by the time they leave their teens. During the first half of 2013, more than 1,000 Swedish women reported being raped by Muslim immigrants in the Stockholm; over 300 of those were under the age of 15.

 1. South Africa

With an estimated of 500,000 rape cases every year, the country has one of the highest rate of Rape Crimes in the world. It is estimated that moree than 40% of South African women will be raped in their lifetime. The Medical Research Council has estimated that only 1 in 9 rapes are reported. Thus the actual numbers of rapes is much higher than numbers recorded by the police.

With the highest reported incident of Rape Crimes, South Africa top the list. The majority of sexual violence is against women, but men and children are also subjected to this crime. According to a report, above 4% of men have been forced to have sex with other men. According to South African Police, children are victims of 41% of all reported Rape Crimes. About 15% of rape victims are children under the age of 11. According to South Africa’s Tears Foundation and the Medical Research Council, 50% of South Africa’s children will be abused before the age of 18. Another source states that there were 24,892 rapes and attempted rapes of children under the age of 18. (Sexual violence in South Africa).

 SHOCKING RAPE STATISTICS SA

About 64,000 women and girls are raped each year in South Africa, and South African women are nearly three times as likely to be raped as women in the United States, according to police statistics. Young girls are often targeted in the belief that sex with a virgin will cure the HIV virus. http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19991006/news/310069968

 

 

LAWS IN COUNTRIES

When talking about rape there are many concepts that come to mind. Male on female rape, male on male rape, female on male rape, female on female rape, gang rape, etc. There are also date-rape and incestuous rape.

In some countries husbands can’t rape their wives, but in other countries it’s a crime to have forceful sex with your wife/husband.

You also get statutory rape – that is when it is deemed, that although permission to sex is given, the age of the second person is below the age set by the laws of the country at which a person can consent to sex. This varies from country to country

Rape can never be consensual, then it’s not rape. In general it can be said that rape takes place by means of inserting any part of anatomy into any body cavity of the victim, or any object inserted into any body cavity of the victim.

From Lebanon where a rapist can escape punishment if he marries his victim to India where rape within marriage is legal, bad laws are underpinning a global “epidemic of sexual violence”, legal experts said on Monday. 

A survey of laws in 73 countries found rapists could avoid punishment if they married their victim in at least nine jurisdictions, including Bahrain, Iraq, Philippines, Tajikistan and Tunisia.

Marital rape is permitted by law in at least 10 of the countries studied by campaign group Equality Now, including Ghana, Lesotho, Oman, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

In four of these, marital rape is even allowed when the “wife” is a child and the marriage illegal, researchers said.

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2076388/nine-countries-rapists-go-free-if-they-marry-their-victims-how-bad-laws

 

Countries That Respond to Rape Victims By Throwing in Prison

By Elizabeth Strassner  | May 20, 2013

1. Afghanistan

In 2011, a woman known only as "Gulnaz" was released from a Kabul prison where she had been held for two years for adultery. Gulnaz, who was 19 at the time of her rape, was arrested after she became pregnant with the child of her rapist, her cousin's husband. Gulnaz lived in jail with her daughter, and the two were only released from prison at the request of Afghan president Hamid Karzai — she was given a 12-year sentence.

2. Saudi Arabia

In 2007, a Saudi Arabian judge sentenced a 19-year-old gang rape victim to a six-month prison sentence and 200 lashes. The ostensible purpose for the victim’s sentence was being in public in the company of a non-relative male, which is illegal under Saudi law. The sentences given to the seven men found guilty of the rape ranged from two to nine years.

3. Republic of Ireland

Unjust persecution of rape victims is endemic neither to the Middle East nor to countries under Sharia Law. In Ireland, a woman was arrested and imprisoned last February for refusing to testify against her alleged attackers. The alleged victim, whose attackers were found innocent by the court, is Eastern European, not Irish, and reportedly became so distressed at the order to point out her assailants that her lawyers "feared she might collapse in court" and failed to appear the next day. Police found her after an attempted suicide, and she was arrested after recovery.

4. Somalia

That a failed state is both incapable and unwilling to protect its rape victims from their attackers is hardly surprising, but Somalia has also taken steps to silence anyone willing to report such crimes. This February, Somali police jailed a 27-year-old woman who accused Somali security forces of rape. She was jailed for insulting the government and making what the government called a "false accusation." Also imprisoned was the freelance journalist who interviewed the victim; he was accused of inciting her to give false evidence and of insulting the government.

5. India

Last month, police in the Bulandshahr district arrested a 10-year-old child after her family pressed charges against a local man accusing him of raping the child. The arresting officers, perhaps surprisingly, were female.
https://mic.com/articles/43075/5-countries-that-respond-to-rape-victims-by-throwing-them-in-prison#.dcsfeUBYm

For more an “rape” laws in countries have a look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_regarding_rape

 

BOOKS ON AND ABOUT RAPE

There are millions of books written on rape; true stories, counseling, fiction and pornography

 

 

 FILMS ON AND ABOUT RAPE

There are millions of movies made on rape; true stories, fiction and  pornography

 

IN THE NEWS

Here are a few of the millions, rather billions of cases of rape worldwide, the majority goes unreported

 
MUIZENBERG MAN Cape Town  South Africa
 A Muizenberg man who allegedly repeatedly raped his 18-year-old daughter from Germany was arrested about three months after she arrived in the country to meet him for the first time.

This means he may have raped his daughter for the duration of her visit before being taken into police custody.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200907070741.html

 

OUDTSHOORN FATHER South Africa

An Oudtshoorn father has been sentenced to 25 years for raping his daughter for years and impregnating her, a report says.

According to the Cape Times, his daughter, now 19, has kept the child she gave birth to about two years ago.

Police spokesman Malcolm Pojie was quoted as saying that the mother and child were both well.

Pojie said the 45-year-old father had been accused of repeatedly raping his daughter between 2006 and 2009, the Cape Times reported.

He had started raping her when she was about 14 years old.

https://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/incest-dad-gets-25-years-1144444

POTTER’S HOUSE CHURCH IN GRASSY PARK Cape Town  South Africa

Cape Town - A senior church leader in Grassy Park has been accused of incest/raping-daughters

The 40-year-old man allegedly raped four of his own daughters, aged seven, 11, 15, and 18.Police say the alleged crimes were committed in the family’s secluded home in Lotus River over a number of years.

The man, a member of the Potter’s House Church in Grassy Park, handed himself over to police after his daughters told relatives about the alleged rapes in February. The suspect appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday where his bail application began.

The man, who works as a pharmacist assistant, has indicated he will be pleading not guilty to all the counts of rape.

https://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/dad-accused-of-raping-daughters-1993045

 

LORI ANN ANDERSON, 50, Ohio USA
An Ohio elementary school teacher and her ex-husband face a total of 78 counts in the rape of the woman's son.

On Monday, Lori Ann Anderson, 50, pleaded not guilty to 25 counts, including sexual battery and gross sexual imposition. Charles Wycuff, 53, who split with Anderson in 2003, faces 53 counts including rape using force, coercion and drugs, according to WHIO. He remains in Auglaize County Jail.

Anderson was released Monday afternoon, after posting bond, according to the New York Post.

The Daily Beast reports that the sole victim in the case is Anderson's son, who went to police in 2011 to report the abuse years after he said it happened, between 1997 and 1999.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/entry/lori-ann-anderson-charles-wycuff-rape_n_6138684

MIDDLETOWN WOMAN

A Middletown woman was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of sexually abusing at least two 13-year-old boys, the Lake County Sheriff's office said in a statement Tuesday.

Tracy Ann Beverlin, 34, was arrested after the parents of one of the boys reported to the Sheriff's Office that Beverlin was serving their son alcohol at her house and having sex with him, sheriff's officials said.

A second boy said he and two other boys had spent the night at Beverlin's home where they were also served alcohol, sheriff's officials said. Evidence corroborating the boys' statements was discovered during at Beverlin's home, the statement said.

Beverlin, who denied the allegations, was arrested and booked into the Lake County Jail. She posted bail and was released, according to jail officials.

She was arrested on suspicion of unlawful sex with a minor who is more than three years younger, unlawful sex with a minor under 16 years of age while being over 21 years of age, distribution of lewd material to a minor, oral copulation with a minor under 14 years of age and more than 10 years younger, committing lewd acts on a child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to the statement.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2371458-181/middletown-woman-arrested-in-child

GERMAN MAN

A man charged with raping his daughter nearly 500 times and fathering three children by her during a 34-year reign of domestic terror told a German court on Monday the sex had been consensual.

“Never in my life,” he said at the Nuremberg-Fürth regional court Monday, when accused of threatening his daughter with a knife, pulling her hair and forcing her to have sex with him.

The man, named in German media only as Adolf B., 69, admitted committing incest with his daughter, which is a crime under German law, but told the court that she had approached him for sex when she was 16 or 17 years old. “I did not undress her myself,” he said.

He could not understand why she was accusing him of rape, his lawyer said.

But the daughter, now 46, has told authorities his father started raping her when she was about 12, and continued for more than three decades, while keeping her in a state of fear, bullying and beating her and forbidding her to leave the house without him

https://www.thelocal.de/20111128/39159

 

IN THE NEWS CELEBRETIES INVOLVED IN RAPE/SEX ABUSE

ROLF HARRIS

The Sun was the first newspaper to report that Harris, who was yesterday convicted of 12 sex attacks on four girls, had been arrested.
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/rolf-harris-victims-came-forward-after-sun-defied-leveson-effect-reveal-stars-arrest/

 

 

BOB HEWITT South Africa

A former Grand Slam tennis champion has been jailed for six years after being found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting young girls he was coaching.

Australian-born Bob Hewitt, 75, attacked three girls in the 1980s and 1990s, telling one victim that 'rape is enjoyable' as he assaulted her.

He was jailed despite testifying at his sentencing hearing in South Africa today that he suffers from poor health.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3086269/Paedophile-Grand-Slam-tennis-champion-Bob-Hewitt-75-jailed-six-years-rape-sexual-assault-young-girls-private-coaching-sessions.html#ixzz4r983hsN1

Convicted rapist, Bob Hewitt has begun his six year sentence at the St Albans Correctional Centre outside Port Elizabeth.  He was convicted on two counts of rape and indecent assault when he raped two girls and molested another in the 1980s and 1990s.

The former multiple doubles tennis Grand Slam champion, raped his victims while he was their tennis coach. Hewitt reported to St Albans Correctional Centre earlier on Tuesday, but managed to dodge reporters that waited for him outside the facility.

He will serve his sentence at Medium B of this facility, where he will be allowed two 45 minute visits each month.

http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/bf4ca5004e4ea4f696f1dff95d81551b/Hewittundefinedstartsundefinedhisundefinedsixundefinedyearundefinedjailundefinedsentence-20162009

 

 

BILL COSBY USA 5 June 2017

He was “America’s dad” – a hero for millions, who was the first to portray a normal African American family existence. He was a multimillionaire household name, with three palatial homes across the United States and the world at his feet.

But Bill Cosby is now on trial for sexually assault, and his reputation lies in tatters. Almost 60 women have come forward to accuse the 79-year-old of drugging and raping them, over a 50-year span. He has denied all charges.

This trial, in Norristown, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, will likely be the only one the former showman will face – all the other accusers have found that their allegations were in the too distant past, and have fallen out of the statute of limitations

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/bill-cosby-sex-assault-trial-everything-need-know-case-against/

 

His victims

 

 

Michael Jackson Died at 51 (1958-2009) - In 1993, Michael Jackson was accused of child molestation by the mother of a 13-year-old boy. The 1994 civil trial ended with a settlement between Jackson and the alleged victim. In 2003, Jackson was charged with seven counts of ...

 

Woody Allen age 81 - Woody Allen has been suspected of having sexual relations with minors since 1992, when Allen was found with nude photos of his partner Mia Farrow's 20-year-old adopted daughter, Soon-Yi. Allen and Soon-Yi were married in 1997. 

R. Kelly age 50 - R. Kelly was charged with statutory rape and child pornography in 2002 after a video surfaced that appeared to show Kelly having sex and urinating on an underage girl.  After several delays, Kelly was found not guilty in ... 

Gary Glitter age 72 - Musician Gary Glitter was convicted of child pornography in 1999 and child molestation in 2006. He was sentenced to three years in prison. ( Source) Mike Tyson age 50 - Mike Tyson was convicted of a rape charge in 1992 after sexually assaulting 18-year-old Desiree Washington, who was the reigning Miss Black Rhode Island at the time. Tyson served three years in prison for the crime.

Oscar Wilde Died at 46 (1854-1900) - Writer Oscar Wilde was convicted of sodomy and indecent acts in 1895. He spent two years in prison. ( Source) 

 Roman Polański age 83 - Director Roman Polanski was charged with statutory rape, sodomy, and child molestation after he had consensual sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl. Most of the charges were dropped and Polanski pled guilty to statutory ... 

Ben Roethlisberger age 35 - In 2009, a civil lawsuit was filed when a woman accused Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her in a hotel room. In 2010, it was revealed that the NFL player was also being investigated for another instance of sexual ...

Jeffrey Jones age 69 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off actor Jeffrey Jones pled no contest to charges of child pornography. However, he was sentenced to five years probation and is a registered sex offender. ( Source) Alex Da Silva age 47 - "So You Think You Can Dance " choreographer Alex Da Silva was charged with four counts of forcible rape, two counts of assault with intent to commit rape, and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object. He ... http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-rape-victims/celebrity-lists

Mike Tyson

 

More than 40 women have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment or assault

by Sandra Gonzalez   @CNNMoney October 19, 2017: 5:01 PM ET

 

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http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/18/media/harvey-weinstein-accusers/index.html 

Here’s The Complete List Of Men Accused Of Sexual Harassment Since Harvey Weinstein

Every day brings another round of accusations of sexual harassment (and worse) against powerful men in show business and media. These are the most prominent names so far.

 Spacey; Amanda Edwards/WireImage, Hoffman; Antony Jones/Getty Images, Ratner; Jeff Vespa/Getty Images, Affleck; Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images, Dreyfuss; Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Turner, Seagal; Kremlin.ru/ WikiCommons, Piven; Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic, Price; David Livingston/Getty Images, Toback; Valerie Macon/Getty Images, Halperin; Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, C.K.;The Canadian Press/HO-TIFF, Wenner; Jean Catuffe/GC Images, Wiesel; David Shankbone/ WikiCommons, Dick; David Shankbone/ WikiCommons, Signore; Albert L. Ortega/WireImage, Lacey; Erika Goldring/FilmMagic, Savino; Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for SCAD, Goodard; JONATHON ZIEGLER /Patrick McMullan via Getty Images]

https://www.fastcompany.com/40489989/heres-the-ever-growing-list-of-men-accused-of-sexual-harassment-since-weinstein

 

CELEBRITIES BEING RAPED 

There are 237,868 victims of sexual assault or rape in the United States every year. Several celebrities have had the misfortune of being included in this statistic.

Jane Fonda During a March 2017 interview, Jane Fonda revealed she was raped and sexually abused as a child. “I’ve been raped, I’ve been sexually abused as a child and I’ve been fired because I wouldn’t sleep with my boss,” she said. “I always thought it was my fault; that I didn’t do or say the right thing.”

 Oprah WinfreyTalk show host Oprah Winfrey was raped by a relative when she was just 9 years old.

Lady Gaga
In December 2014, Lady Gaga revealed to radio host Howard Stern that she had been raped by a record producer twenty years her senior when she was 19 years old. The pop star's single, Swine, is about the incident.

Gabrielle Union In 1992, "Bad Boyz II" actress Gabrielle Union was raped while she was working at a shoe store.  She was 19 years old at the time.

Teri Hatcher Teri Hatcher was raped by her uncle when she was just five. In 2002, she testified against the man, and he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Ashley Judd "Bug" actress Ashley Judd discusses being raped in her memoir "All That Is Bitter and Sweet."

Tyler PerryActor and director Tyler Perry was raped by the mother of a childhood friend, who held him hostage in her house until he had sex with her.

Fiona Apple In 1989, Fiona Apple was raped outside of her family's apartment.  She was only 12 years old at the time.

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth was repeatedly raped by her father, who tutored and trained her as a dancer traveling the country when she was young. It wasn't until adulthood that she realized that the incestuous relationship was not common between father and daughter.

Fran Drescher In 1985, Fran Drescher and a friend were robbed and raped in Drescher's home.  Her husband Peter Jacobson was attacked, tied up, and forced to watch the incident.

Fantasia "American Idol" alum Fantasia was raped by a classmate when she was in high school.

Tim Roth "Pulp Fiction" actor Tim Roth is a survivor of incest that occurred when he was growing up in England.

Queen Latifah The rapper and actress was sexually abused by a babysitter as a child.

Maya Angelou In 1936, poet Maya Angelou was raped by her mother's boyfriend.  She was only 8 years old at the time.

Kelly McGillis In 1982, "Top Gun" actress Kelly McGillis was raped at knifepoint by two men who broke into her apartment.

Sandra Dee Child star and "Gidget" actress Sandra Dee was repeatedly raped by her stepfather between the ages of 5 and 12.

 Billie Holiday In 1926, singer Billie Holiday was raped by a neighbor.  She was only 12 years old at the time.

Rufus Wainwright Singer Rufus Wainwright was raped and robbed in Hyde Park in 1987. He was 14 years old at the time and escaped the incident when he faked a seizure.

Sid Vicious In 1978, Sid Vicious was raped when he was in Rikers Island jail, charged with the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.

Tori Amos In 1984, musician Tori Amos was raped at age 21. She wrote the song "Me and Gun" about the incident.

Scott Weiland In his 2011 autobiography, Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland revealed that he was raped at 12 years old by a senior high school student.

Mackenzie Phillips Actress Mackenzie Phillips claims that she was raped by her father John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas.  The incident occurred in 1978 when Mackenzie was 19 years old.

John Peel British DJ and journalist John Peel was raped by an older classmate when he was 13 years old.

Anne Heche "Cedar Rapids" actress Anne Heche was raped by her father from the time the she was a toddler until she was 12.  Heche says that he also gave her the STD herpes. 

http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-rape-victims/celebrity-lists

 

MORE AND MORE ARE REVEALED DAILY

Day by day more and more stories are revealed regarding rape and sexual abuse by prominent people in society, below are examples 

Powerful People in Entertainment Who Have Been Accused of Sexual Harassment or Assault

Hollywood isn't the only place harassment happens, but it's helping change the conversation.

by De Elizabeth and Ella Cerón
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sexual-harassment-assault-allegations-hollywood-music-entertainment

 

After Weinstein: 51 Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct and Their Fall From Power

By SARAH ALMUKHTAR, MICHAEL GOLD and LARRY BUCHANAN UPDATED JAN. 11, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/10/us/men-accused-sexual-misconduct-weinstein.html

 

Rose McGowan on Harvey Weinstein, Ben Affleck, and Hollywood’s ‘Rape Factory’

In the IndieWire interview, McGowan talks about the new chapter of her career, and why she's so disgusted with movies she can barely watch them.

Eric Kohn  Feb 2, 2018 3:08 pm  @erickohn

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/rose-mcgowan-interview-harvey-weinstein-ben-affleck-hollywood-rape-factory-1201924368/

 

Natalie Portman on Hollywood sexual abuse: 'I have 100 stories'

The actress opens up about her experiences Ilana Kaplan New York

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/natalie-portman-sexual-abuse-hollywood-harvey-weinstein-timesup-women-a8195401.html

 

Politicians Accused of Sexual Misconduct in 2017

Donald Trump, Al Franken, and a whole lot more. Lily HermanJan 24, 2018 1:21PM EST

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/politicians-accused-of-sexual-assault 

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 RAPE IN USA ARMED FORCES

 

It is the armed forces’ hidden epidemic. And the nation’s shame.

The statistics for military sexual trauma — three words that barely hint at the horror — are both astounding and stomach-turning.

In 2011, there were 3,191 reports of sexual assaults ranging from wrongful touching to rape — but even Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he believes that because it is such an underreported crime, there were actually as many as 19,000 such attacks.

The underreporting reflects how the majority of victims are too fearful to report the abuse, as many of the perpetrators are their superiors.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/rape-armed-forces-brave-soldiers-share-horror-stories-nation-shame-article-1.1143974 

'One third of US military women raped'
"Everybody's supposed to have a battle buddy in the army, and females are supposed to have one to go to the latrines with, or to the showers - that's so you don't get raped by one of the men on your own side. But because I was the only female there, I didn't have a battle buddy. My battle buddy was my gun and my knife,'' Army specialist Chantelle Henneberry said.

Back in 2003, a survey of female veterans suggested that 30 percent of the women serving had been raped, while a study conducted in the following year on veterans seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder indicated that 71 percent of the women said they had been sexually assaulted or raped while serving."

http://piglipstick.blogspot.co.za/2011/01/

 

 

 

AIR FORCE ACADEMY SEXUAL ASSAULT SCANDAL

The Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal in 2003 involved allegations of sexual assault at the United States Air Force Academy, as well as allegations that the alleged incidents had been ignored by the Academy’s leadership.

Twelve percent of the women who graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2003 reported that they were victims of rape or attempted rape while at the Academy. Of 659 women enrolled at the Academy at the time, 70 percent of the 579 women at the academy alleged they had been the victims of sexual harassment, of which 22 percent said they experienced "pressure for sexual favors."

Nineteen percent of those surveyed claimed to have been the victims of sexual assault and more than seven percent said that assault took the form of rape or attempted rape. The alleged attackers had since graduated; there was insufficient evidence for court-martial. Sexual predation was mainly directed toward freshmen and sophomores who were under 21 and were blackmailed after accepting alcohol from upperclass cadets. Several assaults allegedly occurred while women were under the influence of alcohol.

A confidential survey of 4,200 cadets and midshipmen, including all of the women and about 1,000 men, at US military academies conducted by the Defense Department in the spring of 2004 revealed 302 claims of sexual assault by women of which only one third had been officially reported

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_United_States_Air_Force_Academy_sexual_assault_scandal

 Emily Hazen, who said she dreamed of going to the Air Force Academy since she was 7 years old, was supposed to graduate in 2015 as a commissioned officer from the elite academy. Both she and Melissa Hildremyr, who also called the academy her "dream school," chose to abandon their military careers after they were sexually assaulted by fellow cadets. 

 

The U.S. Air Force has now identified at least 31 women as victims in a growing sex scandal, a four-star general said Thursday, and there might be more. The Air Force is broadening its investigation to "actively seek any others that may have been affected by this," Gen. Edward Rice, the commander of Air Force Training, said.

"We are taking a comprehensive look not only at the cases that we know, but trying to do the best we can to assess whether or not there are other cases out there," Rice told reporters at the Pentagon.

https://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/28/justice/texas-air-force-scandal/index.html 

There is an ongoing problem with sexual assault in the United States armed forces which has received extensive media coverage in the past several years. At least 32% of U.S. military women report having been sexually assaulted, and up to 80% have been sexually harassed.^[1] A 2012 Pentagon survey found that approximately 26,000 women and men were sexually assaulted. Of those, only 5,334 cases were reported

According to the USCCR report, a 2010 survey conducted by the Department of Defense found that 54 percent of women and 27 percent of men did not report because they feared retaliation; 47 percent of women and 20 percent of men did not report because they had heard other victims had a negative experience after reporting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault_in_the_United_States_military

 

TAILHOOK

As time went on, however, the fallout from Tailhook '91 continued. Ultimately  the careers of fourteen admirals and almost 300 naval aviators were scuttled or damaged by Tailhook. For example Secretary of the Navy  H. Lawrence Garrett III and CNO Admiral Frank Kelso were both at Tailhook '91. Garrett ultimately resigned and Kelso retired early two years after the convention.

http://donsurber.blogspot.co.za/2017/11/tailhook-should-have-solved-problem.html

 PHOTOS

ABERDEEN SCANDAL

The Aberdeen Scandal was a military sexual assault scandal in 1996 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, a United States Army base in Maryland.

Ultimately, twelve drill instructors were charged with sex crimes; four were sentenced to prison, while eight others were discharged or received non-judicial punishment. Additionally, "letters of reprimand were issued to Aberdeen's commanding general and three other senior officers."

Drill Sergeant Raped Us, 2 Trainees Testify

 ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — In the first trial to come out of the Aberdeen sex scandal, two Army trainees testified Monday that their drill sergeant raped them in his office.

A 21-year-old private said she was returning to her barracks from the bathroom when Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson ordered her into his office, pushed her onto a couch, pulled off her shorts and raped her.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-04-15/news/9704150051_1_frank-j-spinner-drill-sergeant-aberdeen-sex-scandal 

At Aberdeen itself, 19 women trainees have filed rape or sexual-assault complaints and nearly 20 noncommissioned officers are now under investigation. Simpson has been charged with rape, forcible sodomy, assault and threats. Beach was charged with adultery, fraternization, lying and making threats. (Lawyers for both men admit theirclients had sex with recruits but say the sex was consensual.) Their company commander, Capt. Derrick Robertson, has been charged with rape, forcible sodomy and obstruction of justice. (He admits having sex with one trainee but says it was consensual.) Administrative action has already been taken against two other sergeants, and 15 non-coms have been suspended from duty pending further investigation

http://www.newsweek.com/rape-ranks-176260 

U.S. ARMY SEX SCANDAL GROWS IN GERMANY

WASHINGTON — Amid fresh signs that the Army's sexual-harassment scandal is reaching ever deeper, the Pentagon disclosed Thursday that the commander of an Army training center in Darmstadt, Germany, has been reassigned because of sexual-misconduct allegations.

The change of assignment for 1st Sgt. George Watlington is especially serious for the Army because he topped the chain of command at the center and was on a team investigating charges by 11 women that rocked the facility last week. Two instructors at the center have been charged with rape and sodomy and one with cruelty to a subordinate.

The sexual-harassment scandal, the most serious the military has ever faced, has now touched 10 of the 13 domestic Army bases where the Army trains men alongside women, an informal Times survey found. And it appears to be increasingly turning up allegations at overseas Army bases from Europe to Asia.

"More women are learning about it, and they're coming forward to talk," said Dorothy Macke, a former Air Force captain who has been pressing complaints against two former superiors.

http://articles.latimes.com/1997-02-21/news/mn-31065_1_army-bases

 

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO

Joint Base San Antonio has worst record of sexual assaults of all joint bases in the country

A new Pentagon study shows that Joint Base San Antonio tallied more sexual assault reports over the past several years than any other joint base installation in the Defense Department, with 881 cases from 2013 through 2016.

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Joint-Base-San-Antonio-has-worst-record-of-sexual-12368711.php

 

FEMALE U.S. SOLDIERS RAPED BY COMRADES

a Book tells of female U.S. soldiers raped by comrades - Christine Kearney 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Female U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have more to fear than roadside bombs or enemy ambushes. They also are at risk of being raped or sexually assaulted by fellow soldiers.

 

 

The cover of "The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq" by Helen Benedict, a journalism professor at Columbia University in New York.

 

“The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq,” a book based on 40 in-depth interviews, recounts the stories of female veterans who served in combat zones and tells of rape, sexual assault and harassment by male counterparts.  

Some were warned by officers not to go to the latrine by themselves. One began carrying a knife in case she was attacked by comrades. Others said they felt discouraged to report assaults.

“The horror of it is that it is their own side that is doing this to them,” said the book’s author, Helen Benedict, a journalism professor at Columbia University in New York. The book was released in the United States on Wednesday.

One in 10 U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are female, and more women have fought and died in the Iraq war than any since World War Two, according to U.S. Department of Defense statistics cited in the book.  

Benedict said the book’s title comes from the isolation female U.S. soldiers experience when combining the trauma of their combat duties with sexual harassment by fellow soldiers.

“Because women are under so much more danger now and actually in the battle, it’s a particularly tragic situation because all soldiers are supposed to be able to rely on one another to watch their backs,” Benedict said.

“And how can you feel that way if your fellow soldiers are harassing you all day or trying to rape you or actually even raping you?”

One such soldier, Marti Ribeiro, was a third-generation Air Force sergeant who served in Afghanistan in 2006 as a combat correspondent with the Army’s all-male 10th Mountain Division. Her story includes an account of being attacked and raped by a U.S. soldier in uniform while guarding a post.

After completing the shift and not showering to substantiate the attack, she reported it to authorities, only to be told if she filed a claim she would be charged with dereliction of duty for leaving her weapon unattended. She left the military.

“I had dreams of becoming an officer one day, like my father and grandfather,” she says in the book. “Unfortunately, because I‘m female, those dreams will not come true.”  

SURVEYS UNDERSCORE PROBLEM

The number of reports of sexual assault in the U.S. military rose by 8 percent in fiscal 2008 from the previous year and by 25 percent in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report released by the Pentagon in March.

There were 2,908 reports overall of sexual assault by members of the military. Such assaults include rape, indecent assault and attempted rape, the report said.

Of the 40 women Benedict interviewed who served between 2003 and 2006, 10 said they had been raped, five said they were sexually assaulted including attempted rape, and 13 reported sexual harassment.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-missouri-governor/missouri-governor-indicted-on-felony-invasion-of-privacy-charge-idUSKCN1G62WO 

 

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RAPE AND THE BIBLE

 

The Bible is not silent about rape.

The accounts of sexual assault against women are heartbreaking, even gruesome. But they are not brushed under a rug or hushed up. In fact, of the three accounts describing a woman who was sexually assaulted, each of them precipitated civil war. When Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, was violated by the son of a neighboring ruler, Shechem, her brothers murdered him, his father, and the all of the men of his city out of revenge (Gen 34). After the Unnamed Concubine was gang-raped and left for dead by men in the tribe of Benjamin, the other tribes went to war against them upon hearing of her injustice (Jgs 19-21). And after Tamar was raped by her half-brother, Amnon, her brother Absalom killed him and incited a rebellion against his father, King David (2 Sm 13).

Rape was neither covered up nor ignored. Instead, it was answered and avenged. It was such a cultural convulsion that it was answered with outrage and further violence. The cases of rape in Scripture tell us something about the cases of rape we are hearing today: These women must be heard and they must be protected.

The Old Testament Law gives us an even greater picture of how God takes up the cause of the victim and the vulnerable. There is one passage in particular, Deuteronomy 22:23-29, that safeguarded women who had been violated. Like all of the legal codes, these laws reveal the heart and character of God.

https://biblicalwoman.com/bible-sexual-assault-women/ 

Question: "What does the Bible say about rape?"  https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-rape.html

Answer: The Bible does address the issue of rape. As expected, when the Bible mentions the crime of rape, it is depicted as a gross violation of God’s design for the treatment of the human body (Genesis 34). The Bible condemns rape whenever it is mentioned. For example, there is a particular passage in the laws given to the nation of Israel before entering the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership. This passage (Deuteronomy 22:13–29) spoke directly against forcing a woman into a sexual encounter against her will, or what we know today as rape. This command was meant to protect women and to protect the nation of Israel from committing sinful actions.

Deuteronomy 22:25–27 specifies the punishment the Mosaic Law required for a man who raped a betrothed woman. The man was to be killed by stoning while the woman was considered innocent. Though the Mosaic Law was for the nation of Israel during the time of Moses, the principle is clear that rape is sinful in the eyes of God and, under the Law, led to the most extreme punishment possible—death for the rapist.

There are some difficult passages in the Old Testament in relation to this issue. One is Deuteronomy 22:28–29, “If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.” If the rape victim was not betrothed, then the rapist faced different consequences.

We must see Deuteronomy 22:28–29 through the lens of ancient culture. In those days, social convention treated women poorly. They couldn’t own property. They couldn't get a job to support themselves. If a woman had no father, husband, or son, she had no legal protection. Her options were slavery or prostitution. If an unmarried woman wasn’t a virgin, it was extremely difficult for her to get married. If she wasn’t marriageable, her father didn’t have much use for her.

God’s punishment on the rapist of a virgin—a monetary fine and lifelong responsibility—was designed to deter rape by holding the rapist responsible for his actions. He ruined her life; it was his responsibility to support her for the rest of her life. This may not sound fair to modern ears, but we don’t live in the same culture they did. In 1 Samuel 13, Prince Amnon raped his half-sister, Tamar. The horror and shame of being violated yet unmarried made Tamar beg him to marry her (her half-brother!), even after he had rejected her. And her full-brother, Absalom, was so disgusted with the situation that he murdered Amnon. That’s how highly virginity in women was prized back then.

Critics of the Bible also point to Numbers 31 (and similar passages) in which the Israelites were allowed to take female captives from nations they conquered. Critics say this is an example of the Bible’s condoning or even promoting rape. However, the passage says nothing about raping the captive women. It is wrong to assume that the captive women were to be raped. The soldiers were commanded to purify themselves and their captives (verse 19). Rape would have violated this command (see Leviticus 15:16–18). The women who were taken captive are never referred to as sexual objects. Did the captive women likely eventually marry amongst the Israelites? Yes. Is there any indication that rape or sex slavery was forced upon the women? Absolutely not.

In the New Testament, rape is not mentioned directly, but within the Jewish culture of the day, rape would have been considered sexual immorality. Jesus and the apostles spoke against sexual immorality, even offering it as justifiable grounds for divorce (Matthew 5:32).

Further, the New Testament is clear that Christians are to obey the laws of their governing authorities (Romans 13). Not only is rape morally wrong; it is also wrong according to the laws of the land. As such, anyone who would commit this crime should expect to pay the consequences, including arrest and imprisonment.

To the victims of rape, we must offer much care and compassion. God’s Word often speaks about helping those in need and in vulnerable situations. Christians should model the love and compassion of Christ by assisting victims of rape in any way possible.

People are responsible for the sins they commit, including rape. However, no one is beyond the grace of God. Even to those who have committed the vilest of sins, God can extend forgiveness if they repent and turn from their evil ways (1 John 1:9). This does not remove the need for punishment according to the law, but it can offer hope and the way to a new life.

CONCLUSION

Rape is a crime that has been there since the dawn of society. It is so widespread that society has lost it’s ability to see it as serious. It is a crime that is greatly under reported and attended to.   

There are the dangers of false accusations, but too many rapes are not taken serious by society.

 WHAT IF YOU WERE/ARE INVOLVED?

 

Solution – Break with it and seek counselling. 

The real solution regarding any sinful sexual relationship is found in the Creator of mankind and in His word, the bible. A Heart changed in the inner-man, by the grace of God through His Holy Spirit sets you free from bondage. 

Consider the following:

Sex is like nuclear energy. Within a contained environment (marriage) very useful, outside disastrous, harmful and dangerous. 

The solution to this disillusioned lifestyle is the Christian gospel. A Gospel of forgiveness and restoration. 

 

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