Is rape natural?

[Creed of Heresy]

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Here's an interesting wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociobiolog...es_of_rape

Particularly this:

Naturalistic fallacy

Thornhill and Palmer write that "Rape is viewed as a natural, biological phenomenon that is a product of the human evolutionary heritage". They further state that they "emphasize that by categorizing a behavior as "natural" and "biological" we do not in any way mean to imply that the behavior is justified or even inevitable. Biological means "of or pertaining to life," so the word applies to every human feature and behavior. But to infer from that, as many of our critics assert that we do, that what is biological is somehow right or good, would be to fall into the so-called naturalistic fallacy." They make a comparison to "natural disasters as epidemics, floods and tornadoes". This shows that what can be found in nature is not always good and that measures should be and are taken against natural phenomena. They further argue that a good knowledge of the causes of rape, including evolutionary ones, are necessary in order to develop effective preventive measures.[5]
Evolutionary psychologists McKibbin et al. argue that the claim that evolutionary theories are justifying rape is a fallacy in the same way it would be a fallacy to accuse the scientists doing research on the causes of cancer of justifying cancer. Instead, they say understanding the causes of rape may help create preventive measures.[6]

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Yeah, I actually cited this back in like...page 2 or something.

As to whether or not I am deflecting or incapable of answering your question...a little from column A, a little from column B. I had it in my head that I was going to bring this up as rape being unnatural meaning unnatural to the standard of common (but obviously not universal; pretty sure there is no such thing actually) human morality. "Most of us don't therefore it can't be natural because it's not a primary drive" sort of thing but after consideration I realize I...well, I don't know. As you quoted on the dictionary, the 10th definition could fit to rapists in the sense that rape is natural, but then, definition 9: " Established by moral certainty or conviction" kinda works with me in saying that, based on established moral certainty or conviction, no, rape is not natural.

I guess I'm saying that on a moral level it's not natural.