|Rape - a reply...


Ok  Mate,  I've  done  a few amendments and one or two corrections but I
don't  feel  qualified  to  correct many of the assertions.  A couple of
observations come to mind.

1.   Rape is Intercourse without consent.  Therefore; if the wife "gives
in",  according to the law(as I understand it) rape has not occured.  If
she  refuses  sex  and  you  still  go  ahead;  that  is  rape.  Current
interpretation of the law(rightly or wrongly) does not allow for "giving
in".

2.   The  theme  which runs through the terrible problem of rape is that
atlthough  it  manifests  in  sexual  violence,  Rape  is  not  sexually
motivated.   The  man who commits rape is doing it not because he hasn't
had  his  end  away for a long while.  He does it because he fears women
and moreover is usually a poor excuse for a male anyway.  The theme here
is  domination.  Males have used it throughout history to dominate other
males  and  females.   Think  of  it  this  way; in the normal course of
events,  the  nicest  thing  you  can  enjoy with a female( or if you're
AC/DC-another male) is to have mutually enjoyable sex.  It's part of the
human  experience;  the  reward being orgasm.  Why then do we often say,
usually  in  anger or at best in derogation, "Fuck you" or "Get Fucked?"
"Screw  you?"  etc.   It's  all to do with domination, since the sex act
(Once)  placed  females  in  peril.   You may also observe Ape males, of
which we are a different type, mount each other in power struggle.  Beta
males  will  often  masturbate  the  Alpha  male  to  calm  him down; to
de-escalate  his  anger.  Clearly in Primate communities(of which we are
one) sex equates to power and politics.

Rape  in  Human society is a part extension of that activity.  But it is
domination   by   Inadequate   males  with  no  other  means  of  social
interaction.   If  this  were  not  so;  how  else could one explain the
extreme  violence  often  perpetrated  on females.  Excluding that which
happens  when  a woman resists(and it may be considerable) the extent of
violence  can not be explained in a purely sexually motivated crime?  In
short; if you get your end; why beat the shit out of her?

Therefore;  to  castrate  a  rapist  may  be efficacious in stopping his
"ability" to rape but his capacity to harm or "dominate" hapless females
remains   undiminished.    Perhaps   there   is  something  in  the  old
adage"Castration's  too  good for 'em"?  Since as sentient beings we are
aware  of our inbuilt behaviour; if rape is a concionable act, should we
not  be  able to control such urges?  Well generaly, being altruistic is
what allowed us to gain the evolutionary ground from the Apes we view in
the  zoo.   Contrary  to  popular belief, we are not the only one's that
Murder.   Chimps  in  the  wild  do  it  for  the fun of it.  Rape seems
frequent.  Hapless Orang Utan females despite their age "appear" to have
no  understanding  of  the  sex  act.  The male almost always pins them,
against  their  will, and enters the female.  It's worth noting that the
females  nearly  always,"understand" what is then happening and struggle
no longer.

Is there some vestige of this which makes human males enjoy the lie that
a  woman  doesn't  mean  NO when she say's NO?  Our literature is ful of
mythological  rape,  actual  rape  and recurrent rape.  Recent books and
films  have depicted rape as once perpetrated the female will succumb to
pleasurable  feelings and enjoy it.  There are even some creeps who hold
the  fantasy  that  secretly ALL women want to be raped!  (The fact that
maybe  some  women  do fantasise about Rape is not the issue-it is their
fantasy  and  usually private.  To fantasise about it does not mean that
they encourage it)

To  return  to the main issue; all a woman has to do is to prove is that
when  intercourse  occured she had not given consent.  Signs of violence
are  not  necessary, since the act and the time between reporting it may
be  considerable.   Recent  developments  have  shown  the  committal to
trialof rape to be fraught with danger.  The recent case involving Craig
Charles  of  RED DWarf is a case in point.  Apparently, and according to
the  law,  he  didn't  rape  his girlfriend.  He was still splashed over
every  paper  and  TV  newsreel  in the country.  Was he not entitled to
anonimity until proven guilty?  Well that's another issue.

Well  that's  it.   Quick  and  dirty.   hope  its  of  some value Bonny
lad.......