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CuriousLord -> RE: Semantics or Mother Nature's Design? (5/31/2007 7:28:08 PM)
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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady
Actually rape is not about dominance. It is about violence and power. To term it would be "dominance" would be to equate one who goes on a killing spree as being someone who sought to dominate others. They are very different things. Rarely are rapists seeking to dominate their victims. I ignored everything about that comment until now, because it seems ridiculous to try to define the point to people who will likely never "get" it anyway. Rape is not about "dominance" it is about violence. Plain and simple. It is insulting to any rape victim to indicate that their attacker was anything BUT a violent, deranged individual.
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ORGINAL: "rape",Wikiepedia
Rape is a form of assault where an individual forces another to have sexual intercourse against that person’s will. Most experts believe the primary cause of rape is an aggressive desire to dominate the victim rather than an attempt to achieve sexual fulfillment.
I get that, here, in the BDSM community, we often romantize dominance and submission. They become more than the word- they have certain beliefs and responsbilities attached to them. A rapist is without these responsibilities- and without the blessings of the community. This does not diminish, however, that a rapist is dominating their victim in an act of sexual dominance.
I do not contend, as this article huts, that all rape is about dominance. I've argued against it before on here, actually. But it is, regardless of what its intent is, a dominant act.
Edit: Not all rape is about violence, either. Consider a date rapist who drugs his date at a college kegger party. He just wants pussy. Plain, simple, crude.
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