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First ---- Rape is a crime and one that commits such an act against another person should be punished – no doubt. This is not a thread about whether rape is wrong – it is. And the harm goes much deeper than physical injury. So - this thread is in no way saying that rape occurs naturally and so it's OK. It's wrong in the same way that our natural emotion called "aggression" leads, sometimes, to murder -
OK – with that said, I wonder if ya’ll want to talk some about the idea floating out there that rape is about "control and power" and has nothing or little to do with sex / procreation. I think it does.
Women and men have vastly different interests when it comes to sex. A man’s interest is to impregnate as many women as he can before the last taking of toast and tea. A woman’s interest is to ensure that the man will help with the child both before and after birth. Rape occurs when a man is inclined, the community has broken down during events like war (social chastisement will not occur/family is not available to take retribution), he has little or no chance of convincing the woman by other methods (wine doesn’t work) -----
Rape can result in conception and that will pass the genes of the rapist. In fact, if rape were about control and/or power it would appear than women who were raped would be spread fairly evenly by age. This isn’t the case however. Rape victims are overwhelmingly women who are in their peak reproductive years.
Ok – I hope that's enough to start the debate -
OK – with that said, I wonder if ya’ll want to talk some about the idea floating out there that rape is about "control and power" and has nothing or little to do with sex / procreation. I think it does.
Women and men have vastly different interests when it comes to sex. A man’s interest is to impregnate as many women as he can before the last taking of toast and tea. A woman’s interest is to ensure that the man will help with the child both before and after birth. Rape occurs when a man is inclined, the community has broken down during events like war (social chastisement will not occur/family is not available to take retribution), he has little or no chance of convincing the woman by other methods (wine doesn’t work) -----
Rape can result in conception and that will pass the genes of the rapist. In fact, if rape were about control and/or power it would appear than women who were raped would be spread fairly evenly by age. This isn’t the case however. Rape victims are overwhelmingly women who are in their peak reproductive years.
Ok – I hope that's enough to start the debate -