Date Rape: criminal Offence?

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Dimpy Handa
The discrepancy between the total number of rapes, the number of rapes reported to the police and the conviction rate is striking and should be reduced. However, there are other reasons for this which this proposal does nothing to solve. Many rape cases are unprovable without forensic evidence such as semen samples, which may be unavailable by the time the crime is reported, so that the cases sadly but rightly never get to court. Many raped women simply want to forget what has happened and move on - something which is not easy to combine with pursuing a prosecution given the length and stress of court proceedings. Many are put off pursuing prosecutions because of the trauma of having to describe their experiences in court and of undergoing hostile cross-examination by the defence.
 
Meaning of Date Rape:
Rape by an acquaintance during a social engagement.

Origin of Date Rape:
This term is of American origin. The Chronicle Telegram, November 1980 had an article about the subject entitled "'Date-rape' theory: Watch out for your friends", which included:

"Date rape in fact was the catchy name a women's magazine recently seized upon to characterize the problem."

They didn't name the magazine and I've not been able to locate it, but it is unlikely to date from long before 1980.
 
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