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Re: analogies



Jennifer, Re:

> I think it was Pete recounted something he read, and it had said that
> comparing the two spectacles was like comparing an erotic sacrifice (Hendrix)
> to a violent rape (the Who).
>         Is it me (for a moment) or is that an awfully disturbing comparison?

It is indeed disturbing.

The problem is that many men associate with the word `rape' just an act of
obtaining sexual pleasure by force (which sounds rather harmless).  They don't
realize how much physical injury and psychic humilitation a rape inflicts on
its victim.

I wasn't fully aware of the victim's view of a rape, either, before my wife
began to lecture on that topic.  (Not that I ever attempted to rape her - it
was just her style to talk about hypothetical situations.)

Cheers,

Bernd