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Necrophilia: A New Social-Harm Taxonomy Of U.S. Laws, Kim D. Ricardo
Necrophilia: A New Social-Harm Taxonomy Of U.S. Laws, Kim D. Ricardo
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Despite five decades marked by progressive rape law reform...there has been little significant change in the rate of rape crimes. In fact, 2018 marked the sixth successive year in which the rate of rapes rose. In rape trials, prosecutors and defense attorneys struggle with the notion of consent. What does consent look like? That is, how do we know when sex happens with the participants’ mutual willingness, free from undue coercion?
It is against this backdrop that I began my research on necrophilia. Following Catharine MacKinnon’s criticism of the now-prevailing consent model of rape law, I began to wonder what …