Forced Sexiial Intercourse on Campus: Crime or Offensive 13ehavior?

A study conducted on a southern campus investigated victim labeling of forced sexual inler-course as rape. The findings indicated that victims tended to reject the label of rape even when they bclievcd that their offenders labclcd the acts as rape, that many continued todate theiroffenders, and ha t victims tended to labcl their offcndcrs in positive rather than in negative terms. ~orcedsexualintercourscis increasinglybccomingof interest tosocial scicncc researchers. There is no common definition for forced sexual intercourse with conceptual boundaries and identifieddimensions varying from study to study.?lie terms rape, date rape, acquaintance rape, and sexual assault all addrcss forccd sexual intercourse. Regardless of the approach, there appears to be a tendency in the litcraturc to perceive forced sexual intcrcoursc as an interaction between two actors one of whom is a male who acts (intends) to force his female companion t