Rape isn’t about sex or gender. It is about power over another.

Rape in general is defined as forcing one’s self onto an unwilling person,but however, rape just like abuse, has it forms of catagory as well. Whether it be physical, emotional, or otherwise. I can say this because I was raped by someone that I was related too and the emotional and physical scars were evident then just as they are now…they NEVER go away no matter how many times you lock it away in you mind.

A person rapes another person because it excites them sexually. People like control, some take it out of context, however. I don’t think someone can be raped of their emotions, because won’t that create an emotion. It’s more of emotional abuse, not rape. Emotions are all your own, no one can rape you of that. They can abuse your emotions, but not take them for their own. But, at the same time, rape can be considered taking control over something that doesn’t belong to you. Forcing someone to do something is rape. It could be considered rape. I don’t think that someone can force you to feel a certain way though.

because it involves the sexual organs or ideas. emotional rape as you call it is emotional abuse just like physical abuse it can do a world of damage to aperson but it is not rape because it is not physical (no one can see it, it can’t be proven with hard evidence). i know what you are saying and i completely understand, i have been raped and i have been abused all around and they all are the same to me but rape is much more traumatic than anything i have ever experienced.

_Ash

“The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse. The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction. Abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice. ” Sorry to quote, but what you mean i think is abuse, mentally and physically. Rape is a word given instead of people having to say “forcefully had sex with against person A’s will” i guess.

(I spose Emotional rape could be “Abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice.”... (shrug).)

Most people who are phisicly raped don't really have a way out of it. When you are emotionaly raped it is your choice. You don't have to accept it. It is the free choice of a free human being.