Rape is rape is rape. No matter how you twist it, turn it, paint it, or dress it up, it is still rape. It does not matter one iota if the lady raped was a prostitute, it is still rape.
Men have this preconceived notion they are entitled to a womans body no matter what. If she enters a room, and a man is aroused, then he should be allowed to take her right then and there.
Ever talk to a woman about some of the men she has encountered? Most of them, it seems, want to get their jollies and to hell with her. Why? Because men can be self absorbed assholes.
Since the day man dropped out of a tree and lived in a cave, he has thought of himself as this super dude who, because he has a penis, should rule the roost. He only wants what he wants and nothing more. He wants to screw every woman he can but wants no part of the children he helps create.
Ever see most men when they encounter a woman with kids? He would much rather beat on an atomic bomb with a hammer than acknowledge they exist. To him, the came from another man, and that somehow makes a woman "dirty".
When it comes to rape, however, to the rapist he is establishing power over the woman. He is telling her (and hopefully her sisters) he is boss hog, and he will take what he wants. Why not? It was her fault in the first place! She was there, occupying a space, and he was overcome with lust, and he could not control himself....
You get the idea. He will rationalize that it was all he fault to begin with. She wanted it because of the way she dressed, walked, looked, or she was drunk, high, and she was teasing the man. She wanted him to take her, so he did. It was not his fault, she tempted him. The spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak.
There is no excuse for rape, none. If you say an invisible deity told you to do it, then you are insane and deserve to be locked away in a rubber room someplace. If you say it was her fault, then you are a lying bastard.
There are those times the woman has lied about being raped, but they are not as commonplace as rape itself.
Rape is rape is rape and it has no place in our society.
