what is the difference between rape and sexual assault/battery?

Question

i'm 16, and an almost 20 year old fingered me, even tho i tried to resist. is that statuatory rape, even tho we didn't have sex? and because i didn't say no? he might have thought that i was playin hard to get.
so is it nothing, or is it statuatory rape, or sexual assault/battery.
and what's the difference between assault and rape?

Answer 1

RAPE is forced sexual intercourse, including both psychological coercion and physical force. Forced sexual intercourse means vaginal, anal or oral penetration by the offender(s). This category includes incidents where the penetration is from a foreign object such as a bottle. This definition includes attempted rapes, male and female victims, and heterosexual and homosexual rape.

SEXUAL ASSAULT includes a wide range of victimizations, distinct from rape or attempted rape. These crimes include completed or attempted attacks generally involving unwanted sexual contact between the victim and offender. Sexual assaults may or may not involve force and include such things as grabbing or fondling. Sexual assault also includes verbal threats.

it was unwanted sexual contact and you should tell someone. you tried to resist and that's the same as saying no.

the website below is very helpful. it not only explains rape and sexual assault but also has lists of rape hotlines and laws for each state. i hope you find it helpful.

Answer 2

Rape Vs Sexual Assault

Answer 3

Sexual Assault Vs Rape

Answer 4

Rape is, in most jurisdictions, a crime defined as sexual intercourse or penetration without valid consent by both parties. In many jurisdictions, the penetration of the anus or the vagina can be considered rape (although most jurisdictions require the penetration of the vagina by a penis), and many jurisdictions, the penetration of either the vagina or the anus need not be by a penis, but can be by other objects such as a finger or a dildo.


Sexual assault is any undesired physical contact of a sexual nature perpetrated against another person. While associated with rape, sexual assault is much broader and the specifics may vary according to social, political or legal definition.

Both Men and Women can be guilty of either.

Answer 5

Rape involves penetration regardless of what did the penetrating. Assault is threatening to do something, battery is actually doing what you threatened to do, sexual battery would be sexual contact without penetration. The laws on statutory rape differ from state to state. Call your local police department and ask to speak to someone about it.

Answer 6

He sexually assaulted you. sexual assault is any type of sexual activity that you do not agree to, including: inappropriate touching, vaginal, anal, or oral penetration, sexual intercourse that you say no to, rape, attempted rape, child molestation. Sexual assault can be verbal, visual, or anything that forces a person to join in unwanted sexual contact or attention. It wasn't statutory rape because it is nonforcible sexual intercourse (you said yes) with a person who is under the statutory age of consent
Rape is an act of sexual intercourse carried out:

"against a person's will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the person or another."
where the victim is unable to resist because of an intoxicating, narcotic, or anesthetic substance that the accused has responsibility for administering.
where the victim is unconscious of the nature of the act and the perpetrator knows it.
where the victim believes, due to the perpetrator's intentional deceptive acts, that the perpetrator is her spouse.
where the perpetrator threatens to retaliate against the victim or any other person, and there is a reasonable possibility the perpetrator will execute the threat -- "threatens to retaliate" means threatens to kidnap, imprison, inflict extreme pain, serious bodily injury, or death.
where the victim is incapable of giving consent, and the perpetrator reasonably should know this.
where the perpetrator threatens to use public authority to imprison, arrest, or deport the victim or another, and the victim reasonably believes the perpetrator is a public official.

Answer 7

any sexual act that is against your will are consider rape. that's what the law says.

Answer 8

Check with local authorities. Laws vary by state

Answer 9

First of all, it doesn't matter what it is...it is illegal for him to do that just by the age difference...report it and find out!

Answer 10

Fingering falls into gross sexual imposition category.

Rape would be more serious crime.