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In reply to the discussion: Why the "My bad sex wasn't rape" editorial is so utterly, utterly vile. [View all]4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)I could not read much after her stating that her father was her first lover. My flashbacks and revulsion took over from there, it literally made my skin crawl. I can not see her as viable on this stance due to just that statement. That very definition that she has for her childhood rapist only shows that the damage done to her has desensitized her views. Yes having sex with 2 boys when you are drunk at 15 is not as bad as having sex with your father at 4, but both are wrong and relativism simply does not work. It is like the difference between being shot in the leg and shot in the head, one is worse than the other but you got shot in both instances.
So she may feel the way she feels, that is her right, but I would not put much stock in hers as a definition we should all use.
RQ, right or wrong I must commend you for posting this OP and standing up for it from start to finish, over 350 replies and you were there for almost all of them. That is dedication.