Edited sentence: (Burgess & Morton, 2007).Female-male sexual abuse is NOT considered rape neither is female-female sexual abuse.Gender and sexual preference are independent from these types which are based on the existing genitalia of the rapist and his or her assailant.However male rape is now as of 1995 a legally recognised form of rape and considered just as serious.In some extreme cases the act of an erection has also been successfully argued as a form of consent.Male-female rape is the most well-known and still the most common.The reason for this distinction is that the act of 'rape' has to be penetrative sex forced upon another human who does not consent.There are two forms of rape categorized by sex.While female-male sexual abuse could be argued to incorporate penetration, it is the perpetrator who is penetrated and not the victim