By: Michelle J. Anderson
What is rape? What is the harm in it, and how should the
law conceptualize the crime? In this Article, Professor
Michelle Anderson contrasts the classic rape narrative with a
typical, "all-American" rape, describes how the law and legal
scholars have conceptualized the harm of rape, and contrasts those
conceptions with the experience of rape for its victims and
offenders. She then argues that current legal conceptions are
inadequate to the lived experience of rape and begins to explore a
new set of requirements for the crime.