The Act states that rape in Ghana is defined as a man “having carnal knowledge of a female” who is less than sixteen years, without her consent.
This means that if a woman forces a man into sexual intercourse without the man’s consent, the woman cannot be taken to court.
The Ghanaian Constitution criminalizes a man raping a woman, but not a woman raping a man.
This is interesting for several reasons.
First, it is very rare to hear of a woman raping a man in Ghana. The ones we often hear about are men raping women.
But, in the age of “equal” rights and justice, is it really equal when a woman cannot be prosecuted for an offence could land a man up to 25 years in jail?
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