Reply #20: So, is rape the only crime about power and subjugation? [View All]

[genie_weenie]

OR do criminals committing whatever act they are doing have varied thought processes? Are you saying no thief EVER commits a robbery with the idea of lording his power to flaunt the system and make someone feel weak? ALL robbers are Jean Valjean stealing a crust of bread to feed themselves and their families since they have been oppressed by the system?

There was a topic earlier which focused on the gangs robbing illegal immigrants because they knew they had money and wouldn't go to the police. Why we they robbed? Did the robbers get a rush from the sense of power they exhibited over their victims?

And if rape isn't about sex, why not treat it simply as a very serious assault? Why the extra 'sexual' attached to it?

I do not think the premise is flawed, I think most people have a flawed way of looking at other Humans actions...