Well, this person was talking about her doll being raped (as in, actually, physically, being forced to have sex), so I definitely think that she thought that her doll was alive. And that really creeps me out.
Well, I disagree. I think that the claim that the doll was raped was metaphorical, and that the person was quite aware that the doll was not alive.
And at least people who believe in animistic folk religions don't think that inanimate piles of plastic are alive. Rather, they think that things are alive that fit the scientific definition of "life." And if they want to say that those living things have souls, then that's their prerogative, and it actually would make logical sense to think that.
Animism: The attribution of souls to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.
Animism is all about believing objects are "alive".
I agree, this rape being "only power" is utterly untrue. There are many other ways to attain power.
That's right; but sex, being emotionally charged, is a very direct and demeaning way of having power over someone. That is the sense in which rape is sexual. The rapist is conscious of the degrading nature of the abuse for the victim, because of emotional and social meanings attached to sex and sexual behaviour.
Alot of rape has to do with uncontrollable sexual urges and acting out of lustful perversion, many of which are chemically induced(alcohol, cocaine).
I think you are wrong.
A man who wants easy sex can pay for it. He doesn't have to risk a serious criminal charge when he can, if he feels so inclined, pay for sex. The desire for sex is not enough, on its own, to make someone rape. If it were, rape would happen an awful lot more.
It also has to do with the media shoving sex down everyones throats, young peole being bombaded sexual with images from the media. Women who wear barely any clothing dangling their assests in front of everyone in public.
Ah yes, rape is women's fault. Of course. Silly me.
Actually, it's the
stigmatization and taboo nature of sex that makes rape happen. If sex were less taboo, rape would be less of a wielding of power over the victim.
The average male becomes so overloaded with sex from society and the media that some people do impulsive things like rape.
No, this is false. A man can touch or pay for sex. It takes a further drive - a drive to hurt, punish, or control - to push a man to rape. Would
you rape someone if you were incredibly sexually aroused and your desires were frustrated?
Addiction to pornography, etc.
What has that to do with anything?
Same sex rape in prison is also the same thing, the people become so twisted and sick they crave sick things.
No it isn't. Same-sex rape in prison is about the establishment of a hierarchy in a dangerous and brutal environment.
