What is the crime of raping women?

Rape of women may constitute the crime of forced indecency and humiliation.

It is illegal for a girl to rape a girl, which constitutes forced indecency and humiliation. Girls cannot be regarded as perpetrators of rape, but raping girls can constitute the crime of forced indecency and humiliation. Anyone who molests others or insults women shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention.

The crime of rape refers to the act of using violence, coercion or other means to force a woman to have sexual relations against her will, or the act of deliberately having sexual relations with a girl under the age of 14. As long as you rape a woman, no matter how old she is, it is a crime of rape. Anyone who commits this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 10 years.

The crime of rape includes not only the female victim, but also the criminal subject. The subject of the crime of rape is a special subject, that is, a male who has reached the age of criminal responsibility and has the ability to commit criminal responsibility can commit the crime of rape. According to Article 17, paragraph 1, of the Criminal Law, if a person who is over 14 years old but under 16 years old commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, serious injury, death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion, or placing dangerous substances, Should bear criminal responsibility. In other words, the subject of the crime of rape is a 14-year-old male. If a woman instigates or helps others commit rape in a joint crime, she should be punished as the perpetrator of the crime of rape. Although sexual assault by a woman on a woman does not constitute rape, it may be suspected of forced indecency. I mentioned the sentencing issue for the crime of forced indecency in my article "How Men Are Convicted of Sexual Assault by Men", so I won't go into details here. I am the editor of Beijing Puhui Law Firm, and I follow it. The next article will take you through the bizarre incident of “raping yourself”. At the same time, you can consult our professional lawyers for free on legal issues.

To sum up, although women cannot be convicted of rape, they can still be held criminally responsible for forced indecency and insult depending on the specific circumstances.

Legal basis:

Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 237

Forcibly molest or insult another person by violence, coercion or other means Women shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention. Whoever gathers a crowd to fight in a public place or commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, or has other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years.