In those given situations the person doing the hurting has a different kind of responsibility than the person being hurt. The person being hurt might have been naive or impulsive and can learn from the experience. The person doing the hurting is in the case of rape a criminal, and belongs in prison (or worse). To talk about calling the government due to an "awkward sexual encounter" really misses the point grossly. Rape is not "an awkward sexual encounter". Rape is a violent assault. What do you think is the responsibility of one sex partner lying to the other sex partner? About anything dealing with the sexual relationship? If the rape happens within a pre-existing relationship then it might be possible to straighten things out, or it might not. That does not change the fact that the person who did not respect a "NO", have to learn to respect the NO. Is there a such thing as “emotional rape”? Not physical. In my point of view it is "beyond decency" to point fingers at the person who got hurt. I agree with you there. Some people do not heal from the kind of trauma that rape is. This is true. Telling them to just "get over it" wont work however. There is plenty of trauma research to show that that is not the answer. This is also true.
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