acquaintance rape

often a more accurate term than "date rape" because it also includes sexual assaults that happen in contexts other than dating. RAINN estimates that eight out of 10 rapes are committed by someone the victim knows. Prosecutors and police investigators tend to give less credit to a charge of rape from someone who knew or who may even have had previous consensual sex with the rapist. Rape in marriage is against the law, too. Avoid the heterosexist assumption that date rape always involves a woman and a man. See also provoke, rape, rape victim, rapist, sexual harassment, "she asked for it," victim, violence.