Re: Rape and emotions
It seems like her point is that if rape happens it is no big deal, ur sexual organ is not the centre of your life and if it has been violated then big deal! Such an attitude is not prevelant in the majority. For a majority of the people rape will give birth to distress and agony. There is nothing wrong with it and it is not due to social or legal requirements that people go through the trauma.
Women who experience disturbance after rape do'nt feel so just because they are attaching undue importance to their genitals or because their genitals are identity or something<<<<<<<
I am unaware of what Sarah was trying to say, or even her intention upon opening the thread, however as far as I am concerned, the parts I have highlighted are the subject of question rather thanstated fact. I am unaware of any reason other than my genitals for which I am classed into a sex, and that above all: religion creed or colour is my identity. This should not be a the case and thus I woner if the importance we place on such a thing is indeed undue.
The social and so forth requirements are also questionable, why else is sex subject to so much debate if not due to social and cultural attitudes? Without any importance granted to sex or bodily things, would rape even occur? And if it were to still be a phenomenon - would it manifest itself differently?