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4. Masturbation I wouldn't count rape as an alternative to sex. It's more about having power over someone in a disgusting way.

by buttsex 13y ago

shawn-furyan 13y ago
I don't really buy the whole rape is all about power and not about sex meme, and it seems odd that the sexual urge aspects of rape are so often downplayed. The biological imperative for sex is very strong, and prolonged abstinence certainly seems to be correlated with increased impulsiveness and poor decision making. The assumption that someone who has abstained from sex/masturbation for a prolonged period would be more likely to perpetrate a violent crime (such as rape) seems to stand to reason. I think that this meme is more likely reflective of our society's relative comfort with sex vs. violence. We're more comfortable with discussing rape if we can cast it as purely about violence or power, but if we acknowledge the sexual aspects of it, then it somehow becomes more taboo. But this aversion to the sexual aspects of rape and crimes involving sex clouds our collective judgements regarding these crimes, inhibits our collective understand of issues surrounding them, and ultimately serves as a disservice to past, present and future victims of such crimes. To wit, if a society denies the existence of a primary cause of a particular socially negative human behavior, then it creates a blind spot for itself in trying to mitigate such behavior. And that effect is evident in the likes of laws reported in the article because they only exist due to our collective inability to have rational discourse concerning issues involving sex. As an aside, I think that the fact that I am responding to a throwaway account (with such a sexually repressed and juvenile handle) is telling of the discomfort in our society regarding discussion of sexual matters. The comment is composed entirely of the word "Masturbation", and an on-topic cliche, yet is apparently too risque to post under a real name (and if you're not going to be revealing your true identity, why not use "buttsex", and get the accompanying anonymous thrill of public naughtiness?). I find this moniker a sad reflection of our society.
AJ007 13y ago
6. Robots
tsotha 13y ago
Despite academic efforts to redefine the word, rape is sex. It may not be ethical or legal, and it may be violent, but anything that can get you pregnant is sex.

4. Masturbation I wouldn't count rape as an alternative to sex. It's more about having power over someone in a disgusting way.

by buttsex 13y ago

4. Masturbation I wouldn't count rape as an alternative to sex. It's more about having power over someone in a disgusting way.

shawn-furyan 13y ago

I don't really buy the whole rape is all about power and not about sex meme, and it seems odd that the sexual urge aspects of rape are so often downplayed. The biological imperative for sex is very strong, and prolonged abstinence certainly seems to be correlated with increased impulsiveness and poor decision making. The assumption that someone who has abstained from sex/masturbation for a prolonged period would be more likely to perpetrate a violent crime (such as rape) seems to stand to reason. I think that this meme is more likely reflective of our society's relative comfort with sex vs. violence. We're more comfortable with discussing rape if we can cast it as purely about violence or power, but if we acknowledge the sexual aspects of it, then it somehow becomes more taboo. But this aversion to the sexual aspects of rape and crimes involving sex clouds our collective judgements regarding these crimes, inhibits our collective understand of issues surrounding them, and ultimately serves as a disservice to past, present and future victims of such crimes. To wit, if a society denies the existence of a primary cause of a particular socially negative human behavior, then it creates a blind spot for itself in trying to mitigate such behavior. And that effect is evident in the likes of laws reported in the article because they only exist due to our collective inability to have rational discourse concerning issues involving sex. As an aside, I think that the fact that I am responding to a throwaway account (with such a sexually repressed and juvenile handle) is telling of the discomfort in our society regarding discussion of sexual matters. The comment is composed entirely of the word "Masturbation", and an on-topic cliche, yet is apparently too risque to post under a real name (and if you're not going to be revealing your true identity, why not use "buttsex", and get the accompanying anonymous thrill of public naughtiness?). I find this moniker a sad reflection of our society.

AJ007 13y ago

6. Robots

tsotha 13y ago

Despite academic efforts to redefine the word, rape is sex. It may not be ethical or legal, and it may be violent, but anything that can get you pregnant is sex.