Rape law in the United States

A good start to a discussion of rape law would be to give the legal defintion. Rape is the forcible insertion using force or the threat of force, against the consent of the victim. Consent may not be given if the person is under the age of 17.
<Tab/>After studying Estrich, Mackinnon, and Wriggins theories, we can see a few simialrities and differences. Wriggens identifies that during slavery, the legal system treated seriously only one racial combination of rape-fape involving a Black offender and a white victim. This selective recognition continued long after slavery ende…