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When you creatively manipulate the acknowledged definitions this way, we're left with any number of possibilities that all undermine the already notoriously difficult process of proving rape in the first place. Taking your view, we could argue that a guy who threatens to dump his girlfriend has raped her, if she gives it up to prevent him from doing so. Or that guilt could be considered as 'psychological torture'. You're really grasping at straws here.
Is it just me or is it more then a little disturbing that we trust peoples judgment enough when they are empowered to determine that a threat is "real" enough to shoot someone but we won't trust a woman's judgment enough to decide for herself when she has been forced to have sex against her will. Hmmm