Is this rape?

I agree what what else you have said however I actually think force is quite relevant. Rape is when somebody is forced emotionally (through threat or manipulation), or physically to participate in sex.

Somebody could be/feel forced into verbally consenting or the rapist could have actually believed the person wanted to participate in the act (if the person was drunk for example they could be more easily emotionally/physically forced into it, possibly unintentionally giving indications of consent) and in some cases, somebody under the influence of alcohol/drugs could give genuine consent, wanting to participate in the act, though imo to engage in sexual activity in such a case could be very comparable to rape if the other person was relatively sober and could see the person was heavily intoxicated.

Although I’d assume the validity of consent given by someone who is intoxicated and whether or not they were forced into it is rather controversial (if their drink was spiked so the person didn’t intentionally get in this state, whether or not by the person engaging in sexual activity with them and if this person could tell they were intoxicated, I’d certainly argue they were forced and so this would be rape).

If someone said no several times but the other person kept on persisting so in the end they said yes would you not consider it rape?

I appreciate what you're saying, but I'm talking from a legal standpoint. The definition of rape is very specific - it's penile penetration without consent (very broadly). I think what you're saying is very equivalent to this - that 'forcing someone emotionally' is equivalent to there being no consent and, thus, it being rape. The validity of consent thing is very interesting, but perhaps more from an academic legal point of view than from what the OP was intending

Absolutely. I tend to get away from key point sometimes I just find rape to be a very challenging topic since it can be so easy to pick definitions, and of course, easy to lie about it - for whatever sick reasons people do this - by saying you didn’t give consent when you definitely wanted to participate in the act, which just harms real rape victims, many of whom don’t come forward for fear they won’t be believed (and the ridiculously short sentences (which is far too off-topic)).

E.g you could tell your partner that you would never have anal sex. Then get drunk and say "why not" and consent to anal sex. Thus imo this would not be rape.

This is why I said that the OP's post couldn't be concluded as rape like many of earlier posters suggested.

If someone said no several times but the other person kept on persisting so in the end they said yes would you not consider it rape?

Hahaha its finally clicked. CT - Child Protection Services...

Reporting my posts to CT was a huge waste of time RC Considering A: I'm an infertile guy who has no kids and B: Because none of my posts have ever broken any laws in the United Kingdom nor have they suggested any interest in anyone underage, actually the opposite

What a waste of tax payers money hahaha