Said that she had been shocked when a male friend said with extreme "honesty" to her once that surely rape wasn't that different from sex, only more so -- or words like that. (Was brushing my tangles out and missed last two syllables which I think were "more so".)
Said that after lots of thought she could understand what he meant because it's the same basic physical act for a man & how his body experiences it is the same, "but for a woman... " and went on to talk about how much more awful and different it is for a woman.
What. The. Fuck.
I mean really? Really? However many disclaimers she couches it in and however much she then says that rape is appalling and violent and about dominance ... surely she cannot actually think that it is reasonable to say it is even vaguely "the same" for a man to rape a woman, as it is for him to be having consensual sex?
Even on a purely physical level, I cannot imagine that it is THE SAME. Am I being ridiculous/looking to be offended? It seems unbelievable that anyone could pile awfulness upon the awfulness of yesterday re public spreading of rape-related nonsense and mythology.
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Did anyone else hear Anne Atkins on Today (R4) just now re rape?
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DirtyMartini · 19/05/2011 08:08
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