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Rape in Japan
Rape in Japan, now non-consensual sexual intercourse (不同意性交等), is a Penal Code offense redefined by 2017 and 2023 reforms; recognized cases rose from 1,655 in 2022 to 3,936 in 2024.
Rape in Pakistan
Rape in Pakistan is criminalized under Pakistan Penal Code Sections 375 and 376, reshaped by the 1979 Zina Ordinance, the 2006 Protection of Women Act, and 2016 and 2021 amendments, with special courts and a sex offenders register but under 3 percent conviction.
Rape in Sweden
Rape in Sweden (våldtäkt) is a sexual offence under Brottsbalken Chapter 6, defined since 1 July 2018 by lack of consent, with negligent rape added; Sweden's high reported rape statistics reflect broad legal definitions and recording practices.
Rape in the Hebrew Bible
Rape in the Hebrew Bible is the scholarly study of biblical narratives and laws on sexual coercion, centered on Genesis 34, Judges 19, and Deuteronomy 22.
Rape in the United States
Rape in the United States: state-defined criminal offense with no single national definition. Measured by NCVS, NISVS, YRBSS, and FBI UCR; 135,755 rapes reported in 2017; marital rape exemption fully abolished by 2005.
Rape kit
Rape kit (sexual assault kit): standardized evidence collection package used in medical forensic exams of sexual assault survivors; DNA testing identifies offenders and serial rapists; origins in 1970s Chicago Vitullo kit; large US testing backlog.
Rape Me
Rape Me, a 1993 Nirvana song by Kurt Cobain from In Utero, also issued as a double A-side single with All Apologies; an explicitly anti-rape song from the victim's viewpoint, censored by MTV and re-titled Waif Me on some US copies.
Rape of Belgium
The Rape of Belgium: German army atrocities against Belgian civilians in the 1914 invasion and occupation of Belgium in World War I, including Louvain's burning, the Bryce Report, forced-labor deportations, and later denial and historiography.
Rape of males
Rape of males: non-consensual penetration of men and boys, including being made to penetrate. Covers prevalence (CDC: 1 in 31 men), male rape myths, disclosure barriers, psychological impact, and gender-specific rape laws.
Rape of Persephone
Rape of Persephone (Abduction of Persephone): Greek myth of Hades seizing Persephone with Zeus's consent, told in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter; pomegranate seed binds her a third of each year; read as marriage allegory and women's initiation.
Rape of Queena Vuong
Queena Vuong (Queena Phu), 18, was raped and beaten April 24, 2008 outside the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library, Valrico, Florida, by Kendrick Morris, 16, leaving her blind and paralyzed; Morris was resentenced to life in prison in 2017.
Rape pornography
Rape pornography depicts rape or non-consensual sexual activity, usually simulated. Covered by UK extreme pornography law (possession offence extended 2015; CPS 2019 guideline excluded consenting-adult material); effects research shows weak, contested associations.
Rape statistics
Rape statistics are counts and rates of rape drawn from police-recorded offenses and population surveys; differing definitions, such as the FBI's 2013 revision, make figures hard to compare.
Rape trauma syndrome
Rape trauma syndrome (RTS), described by Burgess and Holmstrom in 1974, is a cluster of post-rape reactions in acute and reorganization phases; not a DSM-5 diagnosis, contested scientifically and in court.
RapeLay (レイプレイ)
RapeLay (レイプレイ) is a 2006 3D hentai PC game by Illusion in which the player stalks and rapes a mother and her two daughters; its 2009 Amazon controversy led to retailer removals, an EOCS industry ban in Japan, and bans abroad.
Rapeseed
Rapeseed (Brassica napus, B. rapa, B. juncea), also called colza or canola when low-erucic, is a major oilseed: ~42% oil, second most produced edible oil, meal 36-38% protein, industrial erucic-acid uses.
Rapeseed oil
Rapeseed oil (canola oil, from Canadian oil, low acid) is oil from Brassica napus and related seeds, bred below 2% erucic acid; global production about 37 million metric tons, used for food, feed, and biofuel.
RAPGEF3
RAPGEF3 (EPAC1, cAMP-GEFI) is the human 12q13.11 gene encoding EPAC1, a 923-aa cAMP-activated guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rap1/Rap2 acting independently of PKA.
Raphael
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483–1520), Urbino-born High Renaissance painter, designer and architect for Popes Julius II and Leo X; Vatican Stanze frescoes, Sistine tapestry cartoons, St Peter's architect; died Good Friday 1520, buried in the Pantheon.
Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Raphael is the red-masked, sai-wielding Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, debuting in TMNT #1 (May 1984); the aggressive, rebellious brother and subject of the first TMNT spin-off comic.
Raphael (רְפָאֵל) (archangel)
Raphael (Hebrew: רְפָאֵל) is an archangel of Judaism and Christianity, known from the Book of Tobit as a healer and one of the seven angels before God.
Raphael Armattoe
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a Togoland-born physician, poet, and political campaigner who practiced in Derry, developed the Abochi drug, and was nominated for the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize.
Raphael Assunção
Raphael Assunção, Brazilian MMA bantamweight (born 1982, Recife), UFC and WEC veteran, 28-10 record, wins over Dillashaw, Moraes, Sterling, Masvidal; retired March 2023 after Davey Grant loss.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, American comedy writer and showrunner, creator of Netflix's BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), co-creator of Amazon's Undone, author of Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, and creator of the 2025 Netflix series Long Story Short.
Raphael C. Lee
Raphael C. Lee is an American surgeon and biomedical engineer at the University of Chicago whose research established repairing damaged cell membranes with amphiphilic copolymers.
Raphaël Collignon
Raphaël Collignon, Belgian tennis player born 2002, career-high ATP singles ranking No. 50, 2025 US Open third round, first ATP final at Gstaad 2026, coached by Steve Darcis.
Raphaël Confiant
Raphaël Confiant, born 1951 in Le Lorrain, Martinique, is a Martinican writer and academic who co-founded the Créolité movement, signing the 1989 manifesto Éloge de la créolité.
Raphael David Levine
Raphael David Levine is a chemical physicist, Max Born Emeritus Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Distinguished Professor at UCLA, known for molecular reaction dynamics.
Raphael David Saban
Raphael David Saban (רפאל דוד סבאן) was an Istanbul rabbi who became the first Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Turkey, serving from 1953 to 1960.
Raphael De Niro
Raphael De Niro, son of Robert De Niro and Diahnne Abbott, is a Manhattan luxury real estate broker who founded the De Niro Team (2004), partnered in the Greenwich Hotel, and co-founded NYRAC.