Abstract

The gendered nature of Kenya's common law and statutory definition of rape, influenced by male hegemonic discourses, results in denying women a reasonable measure of sexual autonomy protection - especially in cases of post-penetration rape. This paper focuses on an audio tape - (in)famously referred to as the "Mollis tape" - which was 'leaked' online as its point of departure to: one, interrogate the hegemonic conceptualization of sex between men and women which places sexual control in men while stripping women off sexual autonomy; and two, analyze the limited definition (and subsequent understanding) of rape as currently conceptualized in Kenya's legal framework. The paper therefore seeks to make a case for the expansion of the definition of rape beyond Kenya's current common law and statutory understanding of rape and consent.

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