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I'm not particularly well-informed on this subject, but I think the rape=power theory is pretty self-explanatory. Even for couples who play-act rape it is about the assertion and surrender of power. Sure there are other reasons that men may have for committing rape, but throughout history and up to the present rape has routinely been used both by invaders, by predators, by husbands and systematically by societies as a way of asserting power over women. I don't see much sense in denying it.
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