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Originally Posted by Guile
Also, to commit a crime, you have to be in a "criminal state of mind", which essentially means you must be knowlingly commiting a crime, which is why insanity is a defense, if his intent was "I'm going to have sex with her", it's not rape, if it's "She won't let me, so I'll make her", it's rape. In none lof these examples did she say no, and silence, IS consent.
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Mens rea and actus reus. I agree with what you said, I think it is one of the most heinous crimes.