What is rape/sexual violence?

My own thoughts:

I would break these two into their own seperate categories.

As for rape, I believe it is specifically defined as being forceful penetration of the vagina by a penis. There is also statutory rape, which would be sexual relations with underage individuals. I believe that by technicalities, anything else would fall under being sexual violence.

I feel sexual violence does not have such a narrow definition. I believe it includes the following:
* Any use of force in a sexual situation
* Any unwanted, including forceful, sexual interaction (can come from either person)
* Any sexual interaction without expressed given consent

And now on to what the sources say.

"Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent. Rape is generally considered a serious sex crime, as well as a civil assault." - source

In this same article, it also states that 91% of rape victims are women, therefore meaning that 9% are men, so rape is not only against women.

In conjunction with what I said about the technicalities of what is rape, "Some jurisdictions define "rape" to cover only acts involving penile penetration of the vagina, treating all other types of non-consensual sexual activity as sexual assault...In some jurisdictions, rape is defined in terms of sexual penetration of the victim, which may include penetration with objects, rather than body parts." - source

It is also mentioned that the absence of consent on the part of the victim is critical in the definition of rape, and that even if consent is given, it can be revoked at any time. - source

Rape Statistics

Sexual Violence, as per what the "experts" say

"Sexual violence is defined as:

any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work." - source

Sexual violence also includes but is not limited to rape, and also includes attempted rape.