the same could be said to be true of paedophilia: two diametrically opposed ideas, when mixed together, have the ability to deeply offend our moral sensibilities and beliefs of what is 'normal' and therefore, acceptable. it is this inherent symbolic incompatibility that causes our revulsion. it would seem to me that the truly shocking thing about rape is the combination of these two fundamentally incongruent behaviours: violence is (generally speaking) in diametric opposition to (normal, loving) sex and vice versa. to generalise once again, sex (usually) involves two partners of opposite gender participating in a mutually respectful and loving act. to generalise, violence is an impersonal, brutal, essentially male characteristic. Secondly, ian makes a valid point in some respects, however i don't think the issue in this context is one of violence in and of itself, but of the relationship of violence to sex. Firstly, i would like to state that i am not for censorship but i am also not for degradation of any human being, male or female.
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