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Originally Posted by ubertuber
I thought lots of consensual sex was about power too.
I know that sounds kind of flip, but I'm serious. How much more about power is rape?
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Consensual sex may be about power but it's only power in the sexual realm. I would guess that the power involved in rape is not only power over who the person has sex with but also their mind. They have the power to instill fear into a person which usually incapacitates the person which in the scheme of things does nothing but intensify the feeling of power in the rapists mind. I would guess that it's almost like they feel they are controlling the entire destiny of the person being raped.
I'm not really schooled in the matter, so I could be completely off-base, but that would be my take on it.