Cool. I've never been qualified to answer a question before now.

I have studied pre-Victorian and Victorian Britain in achieving my history minor so hopefully that means my word counts for something.

The rural areas of Scotland at this time were still highly tribal. The clans no longer warred, but they didn't like each other from county to county, and organized brawls were common. The city areas were becoming more "anglicized" which caused extreme consternation among nobles in the area, and traditionalists. Scots were very much looked down upon by the English in part for their clannish ways. I mention this as backdrop to the issue of women in Britain at the time. Jobs for women were, largely nonexistent at the time. If women did paid work, it was as a maid or cook or craft designer etc. Views about women were, clearly, extremely patriarchal. That being said, rape was illegal in all parts of Britain I believe. The enforcement of the law could be avoided if one was rich/noble/had the right connections, but mostly was met with harsh punishment. Sexual morality in Britain developed into a part of near national pride in Britain by the beginning of the 19th century, despite the always present hypocrisy of certain elements. Women were allowed to own land until they were married, at which point their husbands took over. This law was changed later in the 19th century to make sure that women who lost their husbands, either to death or divorce did not also lose their lands. This was not enacted for the sake of women most likely however, but more likely as punishment to lower class men. Women did not hold political office or suffrage, and so had little say in Scotland, or Britain as a whole. One might think that upper class ladies had it much better than others, but only from the perspective of wealth. In terms of rights, they may have had fewer rights. The upper classes were entirely dominated by men, and women were nearly property purchased and spent for the purposes of political advantage. This is not to say they were not loved and valued by their husbands and families, but they were valuable as assets. With regards to rape in the upper class, it was difficult to bring anything to court because the upper classes had traditions of dealing with crime themselves without "lowering" themselves to the law. Chastity among upper class women was highly prized however, so what punishments were meted out could be very harsh for rapists.

As a conclusion, life was somewhat as you might imagine for women in Scotland in the 17th century. Stay at home, cook, clean, take care of children, marry important men. It was likely better in Britain than in many other places in the world for women, but that's not hardly complimentary. Rape was likely not a part of every woman's life. Women did have rights, and rape was a crime. But the rate of rape was almost certainly higher than it has been in our lifetimes.

Hopefully I'm not too much mistaken in what I remember. I studied Britain fairly extensively, but it was a while ago.