ext_31790 ([identity profile] guest-age.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] guest_age 2008-03-26 04:41 pm (UTC)

I'm not saying that being pressured into sex isn't a bad thing. That's not really my issue. Having never had it happen to me, I can't really have a personal opinion on it. But calling it "rape," is just...so wrong. Rape is violent and forceful and completely without a choice, and this chick is trying to make it sound as though any man who wants to have intercourse with his wife at any time is raping her, even if she consents.

But by making the definition so broad, it trivializes the experience that so many people (women and men) have had to go through. It's like if someone punches someone on the arm, and calls it murder. Big, big difference there.

And that's not to say that being punched doesn't hurt, and it isn't a bad thing that shouldn't have happened, but it's not "murder."

This metaphor sucks, so I'm just going to shut up. *headdesk*

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