In a belated stroke of political expediency, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and company have replaced the "forcible rape" term in their still-problematic "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" with "rape" so that it covers all forms of it. Maybe the FBI should consider following suit.
The top law enforcement agency in the land uses this term in its Uniform Crime Report (UCR) to tally up how many violent (as opposed to, say, statutory) rapes have occurred nationwide. But according to this FBI FAQ on the matter, the UCR excludes male victims. (And I swear on a stack of various religious texts that the only editing I've done here is deleting broken links):
For UCR reporting purposes, can a male be raped?
No. The UCR Program defines forcible rape as "The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will." In addition, "By definition, sexual attacks on males are excluded from the rape category and must be classified as assaults or other sex offenses depending...
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