The female complainant constitutes the legal subject for this unfolding. First, the discussion will be concerned to expose the problematic nature of theorizing of law to sexuality, rendering any unilinear implacable relationship erroneous. This will be supported in the revealing of the existence of a contradictory model of female sexuality -- of passivity and precipitation -- within different levels of law and administration of legal procedure. Second, the aim will be to discern how concepts of, in this instance women as victims of sexual assault, are located within a social reality and mobilized within a legal reality according to its rules and conventions. And, since provinces of meaning are not finite, it is necessary to challenge definitions within the social reality and social institute to which they are linked and which sustain them. Third, the endeavor will be one of exploring the presence and persistence of the invocation and application of 'contributory fault,' negligence, and blame both within and outside the criminal justice system, even in the face of the women's liberation movement. (Author abstract)