Post by vegalyra on Apr 4, 2018 20:27:13 GMT
Here's an interesting extract from an 1880 North Carolina case that is still good law (as far as I know)...
North Carolina states that a woman cannot rape a man, but she can aid and abet a man in rape.
STATE v. LOVE ANN JONES 83 N.C. 605 Supreme Court of North Carolina
"The question presented in this case for review is, whether a woman, being incapable in and of herself to commit rape, can be convicted and punished on a bill charging a man with an assault with intent to commit a rape, and charging herself with being present, aiding, abetting and assisting. At common law, rape was a felony, and the rule was, that all persons who were present aiding, abetting and assisting a man to commit the offence, whether men or women, were principal offenders and might be indicted as such, or if not present in a legal sense, they might be guilty as accessories before or after the fact."
North Carolina states that a woman cannot rape a man, but she can aid and abet a man in rape.
STATE v. LOVE ANN JONES 83 N.C. 605 Supreme Court of North Carolina
"The question presented in this case for review is, whether a woman, being incapable in and of herself to commit rape, can be convicted and punished on a bill charging a man with an assault with intent to commit a rape, and charging herself with being present, aiding, abetting and assisting. At common law, rape was a felony, and the rule was, that all persons who were present aiding, abetting and assisting a man to commit the offence, whether men or women, were principal offenders and might be indicted as such, or if not present in a legal sense, they might be guilty as accessories before or after the fact."