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Re: analogies
- Subject: Re: analogies
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 7:41:57 METDST
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