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Do not use the term rape for anything but serious sexual assault. Deeply offensive.

• kentrado 5y ago
  That's subjective. The meaning of words depends heavily in the context they are used.
  • dentemple 5y ago
    And we're even talking about poetry! A subject that's famously all about playing with the meanings of words.
• deleted 5y ago
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• bobberkarl 5y ago
  This is a stupid comment. Policing language will bring you nowhere.
• Bayart 5y ago
  Rape isn't originally sexually connoted and broadly means taken by force.