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Old 11-22-2005, 04:16 PM   #18 (permalink)
Elphaba
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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Granted rape isn't about the physcial many times, rather the power over another... I guess I was thinking in a purely physical sense, guess it wouldn't take much for a young male to pop wood in a situation with an older woman groping them.
Exactly, Mojo. The power differential should be the deciding factor in weighing the crime, rather than the sex of the participants. If you consider a same sex power differential (i.e. a priest and a male child) then the "horror" returns.

But.... there is always a but. Bottom line, most of us still believe that a woman cannot rape a man or male child. The double standard begins there and simply is reflected in our legal system.
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