In a reasonable interpretation this does not include cases where a woman sobers up the next day and retrospectively changes her mind.
One the best known feminist slogans about rape is that
'rape is not about sex, but about power'.
If this were true, then the perpetrators would not feel it necessary to penetrate at all,
but just to torture and bash. Clearly it is about the combination of these things.
The reason that feminists use this slogan is because they are trying to redefine the term
sex, just like they tried to redefine other terms like
domestic violence.
Lets explore some hypotheticals. Assuming the following are not indicative of something more sinister, and that the woman involved is intelligent and rational.
Which of the following are examples of rape?
The first two clearly are not rape, the last two clearly are, but some of the others are hard to pick.
Consider the case above - If you don't have sex with me I will throw your library card into the lake. (and lets presume the minimum of context here - a library card is just a library card, and the situation is not indicative of something more sinister). Suppose that faced with this choice, a woman chose the sex.
Assuming that she is intelligent and rational, then she has chosen the least traumatic option. In this case clearly having sex was less traumatic than losing the library card. What punishment would be appropriate for throwing someone's library card into the lake? What punishment would be appropriate for this individual if (after the event) he were caught and convicted?
Surely we cannot justify punishing this individual more harshly than someone who threw away someone's library card, because his actions caused less trauma.
This questionnaire is very unpopular with most victim feminists because it challenges their position that
rape is rape,
there are no degrees of rape,
rape is the worst thing that can happen to a woman,
rape is rape regardless of cultural background or expectations.
which in turn are designed to stop people questioning the validity of the status of women as victims.
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