softandshy -> RE: Fantasy vs. Reality... (2/10/2006 6:26:37 PM)
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Why might some people find the fantasy of rape stimulating? Rape is not about sex, it's about power. Take your question one step further and ask why do some people enjoy snuff fantasies? It is taking onto oneself the arguably ultimate power. If people were not interested in power or it's loss, we'd never have left the primordial ooze (or at least our caves). ~smiling~ There would certainly not be a CollarMe.com. Power is necessary. The eb and flow of power are motivational in the development of most species. Wolf developed the power to hunt in order to feed itself. Deer developed the ability to warn the herd of predators so that enough would survive to continue. As power is so elemental to our natures, it can be extremely seductive (there is even a very peculiar power in giving another person exactly what he or she wants, in surrendering control). So why not enjoy the real thing? Because a person can walk away from a piece of literature he or she finds offensive, even when he or she has already read half of it. Therein lies the consent, and as Aakasha said, there is usually a happy ending. In play rape there can be a strong sense of power or powerlessness, both of which can be heavy stimulants, but it exists along with an equally strong trust. That trust is based on the idea that real, lasting damage will be avoided by both parties. No such confidence exists in actual rape; therefore, the psychological damage of rape often lasts far longer than the physical damage. There is no assurance of safety or survival, no assurance that it will not all happen again, and if by some chance the body of the victim responds with arousal, there is shame (as opposed to the possible thrill involved in controlled humiliation since a rapist seeks power but lacks true control). Real rape is so extreme a quest for power that it is contrary to development of either individuals or the species. That is, anyway, more or less how rape was explained to me when I asked why. It helped to see things in a broader sense because as a survivor the personal why is not a question most people ever get a satisfactory answer to.
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