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For most of human history most rapes went utterly unpunished unless there were signs of a physical struggle, since it's usually utterly impossible to prove what
by solidsnack9000 7y ago
For most of human history most rapes went utterly unpunished unless there were signs of a physical struggle, since it's usually utterly impossible to prove what happened in a bedroom between two people.
Human history is very long and we know very little about most of it.
Consider that the bedroom as a place for two people is a fairly recent development: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/communal-sleeping-history-sharing-bed https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/communal-sleeping-hist...
Claims like the above suggest that fifty thousand years of sexual assault is finally being brought to an end by 1900s social movements. It's the narrative that emboldened people to interpret Title IX so broadly in the first place, but it's not possible to support it.
- JohnBooty 7y agoHuman history is very long and we know very little about most of it. Yes. I said that. We don't know how many rapes or other crimes occurred. Because we know little about them. Because they were generally not reported nor recorded. There's very little doubt they were happening though, yes? Claims like the above suggest that fifty thousand years of sexual assault is finally being brought to an end by 1900s social movements. No, that's not being suggested here. That is a strawman you just presented.
- solidsnack9000 7y agoHow do we know that rapes went unpunished or were not reported, for most of human history? One sure sign would be adaptations in women that are clearly for resisting or mitigating rape (like mallard ducks have) but there don't seem to be any such adaptations.