>it's not even about the legal aspect of it but the general
>discourse around the topic. because i've worked with young
>people and was very disturbed by things that they had to say
>about 'natural' and 'animal' instincts, so i think even the
>way we frame it is important.
Okay. I saw it as an expansion not a reduction.
In a vaccum, aggressive machoness or 'animal instinct' does not explain rape
But as one of the possible factors, I think it is worth considering.
And it's not that far removed from accepted rape verbiage like "Rape is not about sex, it is about control and power"



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>>Why do you view all that I typed as a reduction?
>>Are you afraid it would amount to excusing it?
>>I don't think citing a Freudian defense ever exempted
>anybody
>>from doing jail time.
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>>Questions for you.
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