I wouldn't necessarily go along with that, tempting though it may be. Sadly, rapists are humans. Who often feel rage and impotence. Rape is often about the abuse of power and the need to control - the victim is dehumanised and is made to represent something or someone else - almost becomes a symbol of whatever the perpetrator feels rage against. This is not a justification of rape, it's just to say that if we remove the humanity from perpetrators we run the risk of utterly failing to engage with the reasons why rape occurs and therefore fail to deal with the problem in a meaningful and effective way. It's bloody goddamn difficult though
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Date: 2005-12-22 03:43 am (UTC)