In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts having sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a person against the will of that person by force or threat of bodily harm constitutes rape. If intercourse occurs with a person who is mentally incapacitated, unconscious, asleep or physically incapable of consenting due to the consumption of alcohol or other drugs, it is rape. Forced sexual intercourse without consent by the other person.
Acquaintance rape is no less serious a crime than a rape which occurs between strangers.
Unlawful sexual contact is defined as the unwanted touching, directly or through clothing of an intimate part of another person such as a sexual organ, buttocks or breasts. Any member of the Emerson Community, including Students, Faculty, Staff and visitors. Go to a safe place and call the Emerson College Department of Public Safety or the local police. Either agency will help a person who has been sexually assaulted whether or not the person chooses to prosecute the assailant. Reporting a sexual assault to the police does not commit the person to further legal action.