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- From: uunet!infmx!hartman@ncar.ucar.EDU (Robert Hartman)
- Subject: Re: recent discussion of rape
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- Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 03:53:09 GMT
- References: <1dpiqcINNoqh@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- In article <1dpiqcINNoqh@agate.berkeley.edu> arosen@oregon.uoregon.edu (Ava Rosenblum) writes:
- >
- > I would like to expand the discussion of rape to include emotional
- >rape. These are situations in which one person is lied to so that she
- >WANTS to go to bed with the man. Such situations often occur with
- >married men who persuade themselves and the victim that he is falling
- >in love and that he will likely leave his wife for the victim.
- >Ofcourse this can happen in reverse gender situations, but it is more
- >likely to occur with men as the perpetrators.
- >
- >Any time a lie is utilized to cause someone who would otherwise say
- >'no' to say 'yes', I believe this constitutes emotional rape, for it
- >often emanates from a sexist world view that divorces sex from the
- >energy of the heart.
-
- Hmmm. I don't think that every form of sexual betrayal is rape. I
- think that this is rather a seduction than a rape. It's more akin
- to fraud than to robbery. But note that fraud is also a crime where
- money is concerned.
-
- -r
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