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- Dec 9, 2015
Now, first of all, I think we can all agree that this is in the realm of evil, unacceptable, crime, a gross violation of someone's autonomy so fuck off with pearl-clutching. That's not what I want to discuss. What I want to discuss is:
Would it be defined as rape, at least in a legal sense? Or should it be?
My contention is that if there is zero sexual component to it, it's not rape. Rape, by definition, has to involve sex in a function or another. Which is why I'd say that Gaddafi's death was torture, and not sexual assault.
A man who abducts another man and cuts his dick off can be either done as sexual assault, or torture. Depends if he's doing it to torture the guy (he's a rapist, etc..) or he's doing it because he gets his kick from torturing men (then, definitely sexual).
Which brings us back to the Don''t Breathe scene where a man attempts to inseminate a woman for causing the death of his pregnant baby mama with a turkey baster. He goes out of his way to say it's not sexual and that he's not going to get her pregnant the natural way.
To me it's a very evil thing to do, but the fact that he's not getting any pleasure from it (not even visual, the dude is blind), is that it doesn't qualify as rape as a result.
Would it be defined as rape, at least in a legal sense? Or should it be?
My contention is that if there is zero sexual component to it, it's not rape. Rape, by definition, has to involve sex in a function or another. Which is why I'd say that Gaddafi's death was torture, and not sexual assault.
A man who abducts another man and cuts his dick off can be either done as sexual assault, or torture. Depends if he's doing it to torture the guy (he's a rapist, etc..) or he's doing it because he gets his kick from torturing men (then, definitely sexual).
Which brings us back to the Don''t Breathe scene where a man attempts to inseminate a woman for causing the death of his pregnant baby mama with a turkey baster. He goes out of his way to say it's not sexual and that he's not going to get her pregnant the natural way.
To me it's a very evil thing to do, but the fact that he's not getting any pleasure from it (not even visual, the dude is blind), is that it doesn't qualify as rape as a result.