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tj444 -> RE: Is rape about power? (5/18/2013 1:13:56 PM)
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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess
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Hmmmm. I'm having trouble with this idea that rapist rape because they lack access to consensual sex.
There are plenty of men who rape who are attractive personable guys. Do people on this thread really think that the only men who rape are unattractive, with uninteresting personalities and with no prospects, whose only hope of having sex with another human being is to force them? Really?
And what about self-control as part of this equation? If people believe that men lack self-control, I'm surprised more people aren't converting to Islam because it does seem to imply that a woman, simply by virtue of being a woman, poses a sexual threat to men, a threat that they are completely unable to control. Is that really what people think of men and men's motivations. Am I really so unusual (or blessed) to have been surrounded by men (father, brothers, cousins, uncles, boyfriends, nephews, etc.) who are all motivated and disciplined men regardless of their intellect, personality and profession? Are men like that really so rare?
And I would argue that most rapists are not one time rapists. A person who is willing to rape once, is more that willing to allow themselves to go down that path again. I rarely hear of rape convictions where the rapist only raped one person. They are usually caught after a string of episodes. And even if not, often, it turns out they have raped before. Perhaps I overstate to use the word "serial", but the point is that a rapist rarely stops after just one sexual assault.
These types of news stories are far from rare:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/25/rapist-brian-witty-jailed-indefinitely
Men are more likely to rape if they feel they can get away with it.. I remember a survey and that was what a large number of men said/admitted.. now for some men, that might mean if she is so drunk she wont object or fight or to others, a drug in her drink and she wont remember you, to others where they know rape is so under-reported that they become arrogant & emboldened like the rapist in your link (since one victim was raped 17 years earlier).. in effect, the justice system has taught serial rapists that they can get away with it (as charges are not likely even if a victim comes forward)..
""It is clear to me you set out to prey on vulnerable women. You hid your base intentions behind a veneer of charm and lulled your victims into a false sense of security.
"Each of them was beguiled into believing that with your military background and apparent social attributes that you were a gentleman and would behave as one."
"Despite being arrested and interviewed after the rape at his home address in 1995, again after a sexual assault in 2006 and after another rape in 2008, charges were never brought by the Crown Prosecution Service."
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