I would not rule out the 20% figure. Men are massively testosterone driven. Most men need to have regular sex. Reading through the thread, it seems a few are not truly considering all the facets of rape and rapists.
When we hear the word rape or rapist it immediately conjures up the stereotypical image of a violent, psychotic thug with a knife, hidden behind a bush or in a dark alleyway, ready to pounce on his unsuspecting victim. Yeah, it happens, but rarely. These are the sorts of horror stories that make the news but thankfully they are relatively rare.
But when we talk about 20% of women being raped, we aren't just talking about women that have been attacked in the street by nut cases. The figure will include all forms of rape. What about marital/partner rape? I just think that this is all too common, more common than we think, and responsible for the vast majority of the un-reported cases, though some cases will be reported too, which make up that 20%. All you need really is two partners with different sex drives, one desperate for sex, the other not, and the desperate partner to have no self control. I can believe the 20% figure to be honest and would bet most women know some one who at some point in their lives have had an experience where maybe they had sex that they didn't really want to and the other person did.
When we hear the word rape or rapist it immediately conjures up the stereotypical image of a violent, psychotic thug with a knife, hidden behind a bush or in a dark alleyway, ready to pounce on his unsuspecting victim. Yeah, it happens, but rarely. These are the sorts of horror stories that make the news but thankfully they are relatively rare.
But when we talk about 20% of women being raped, we aren't just talking about women that have been attacked in the street by nut cases. The figure will include all forms of rape. What about marital/partner rape? I just think that this is all too common, more common than we think, and responsible for the vast majority of the un-reported cases, though some cases will be reported too, which make up that 20%. All you need really is two partners with different sex drives, one desperate for sex, the other not, and the desperate partner to have no self control. I can believe the 20% figure to be honest and would bet most women know some one who at some point in their lives have had an experience where maybe they had sex that they didn't really want to and the other person did.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
