# Woman charged/convicted of raping a man? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 2, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664 "2004-12-02T06:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/1 "2004-12-02T06:20:54Z")
Has a woman ever been charged with or convicted of raping a man? ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/2 "2004-12-02T06:27:57Z")
Assuming you’re wanting to know about American cases, [yes](http://www.fathermag.com/news/rape/spokane.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/3 "2004-12-02T06:44:21Z")
Also, many women have been charged with the statutory rape of male children. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/4 "2004-12-02T06:53:30Z")
Sorry. I should hae been more clear. I really only interested in crimes involving adults. Or at least not involving an adult and a minor. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/5 "2004-12-02T13:12:46Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > Has a woman ever been charged with or convicted of raping a man? My understanding is that the definition of rape includes forcing someone to perform oral sex, and as you can imagine, it’s happened a few times. As well as taking advantage of men whose flesh was willing but whose spirit was not. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/6 "2004-12-02T13:20:34Z")
I recall a case where a woman helped a male rapist by restraining his victim. Since she took part in the crime, she was charged with rape even though the victim was female. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/7 "2004-12-02T13:38:09Z")
I remember this case from April, 2001, but not sure that it quite meets your definitions. Unfortunately, given the nature of the words involved, it’s fairly tough to find a really good cite on it: > [@](#): > > A Thai man who boasted about his sex drive was sexually assaulted by five women who wanted to test his claims. The women, aged 20 to 47, confessed to police but complained his claims were exaggerated. The 47-year-old man agreed to drop the charges after the women offered to pay £30 towards his medical bill. He complained of being ‘sore’. > > Police say the incident happened after a Songkran New Year celebration in the village of Kathararom, Kukan. The women stripped him naked and gave him alcohol until he was too drunk to defend himself, The Bangkok Post reports. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/8 "2004-12-02T13:46:20Z")
A few years ago, a woman around this area was convicted of raping a man. The victim had supposedly molested a young relative of the offender. The woman who was convicted and another woman anally raped the man with a cucumber. I forget what the second woman got charged with, but I’m pretty sure at least one of them is in jail. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/9 "2004-12-02T15:59:52Z")
Not to make light of the seriousness of any sexual assault but: > [@](#): > > The women stripped him naked and gave him alcohol until he was too drunk to defend himself, The Bangkok Post reports. If the events were in that order (stripping first, then alcohol) I have to wonder what was going through this guy’s head while the women were stripping him. Unless this was somehow customary behaviour in his social circle, wouldn’t a gang of women forcibly removing your clothes twig you to the idea that something was amiss? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/10 "2004-12-02T16:28:43Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Not to make light of the seriousness of any sexual assault but: > If the events were in that order (stripping first, then alcohol) I have to wonder what was going through this guy’s head while the women were stripping him. Unless this was somehow customary behaviour in his social circle, wouldn’t a gang of women forcibly removing your clothes twig you to the idea that something was amiss? As I recall, it wasn’t so much that he didn’t want to get laid, he just didn’t want to be forced to have sex for 2-3 days straight. I wish I could find the original article. Maybe I’ll search a little harder. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/11 "2004-12-02T17:40:32Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > wouldn’t a gang of women forcibly removing your clothes twig you to the idea that something was amiss? And not just _a_ Miss, either, but several Misses. ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-charged-convicted-of-raping-a-man/277664/12 "2004-12-03T03:27:50Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > Has a woman ever been charged with or convicted of raping a man? A side note on this: the specific wording of the law may prevent it from being technically possible to commit “rape”, though sexual assault is possible. It seems Maryland has updated their wording since I looked it up in high school. Any legal eagles know of a state whose code _on a strict reading_ makes the technical crime of rape (other than statutory) impossible for a woman?