Judith Lewis Herman

abuse-of-power abused-women coercion coercive-acts crime criminal dominance feminist feminist-theory inequality law male-dominance male-domination male-thinking patriarchy power rape rape-convictions rape-culture rape-survivor raped sexism sexual-assault sexual-violence violation

… in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women’s experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.