RE: Women in the Military More Likely to Be Traumatized by Sexual Assault Than Combat
November 28, 2012 at 8:06 am
(November 28, 2012 at 4:23 am)CliveStaples Wrote: I brought up non-penile forcible insertions because it seemed to me to fit your criteria for what makes rape so vile--"violation of one's body", "a violation of the person's very being", etc. So the gulf between rape and "non-penile forcible insertion" (e.g., a fake penis) seems like a distinction without a difference (modulo concerns regarding pregnancy and disease, which you have asserted contributes a "lot" to the shame and fear caused by rape).
Just to clarify the "violation of one's body" and "a violation of the persons very being" were from my definition, not Shell's. I believe what Shell is getting at is the distinction between penile and non-penile penetration. Many jurisdictions do make a distinction between these two, though they typically carry the same weight.