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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan
She's had death threats.
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Rape is a brutal and omnipresent thing in our society. It seems to be accepted by many and excused by more. People try to explain it as power or something else, and it undoubtedly has much to do with exerting not just power but a sick control, but it is more than that, it is not just about having power over someone but also about harming them, destroying them. An act of hate as well as power. Sex seems to come into play only because it makes the act more ruinous and hateful: what's the worst we can do to this person? I think these death threats are part of it, they're more would-be rapists getting their licks in. It's the mob piling on, not wanting to miss the lynching.
But I just find it too horrifying to comprehend or explain.
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