Rape in the Bible

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That doesn't take into account that if the victim had as much power as her attacker, she wouldn't have been raped in the first place. A man that will rape a woman to get a wife, will also beat her if she speaks out of turn and probably continue to rape her during the marriage.

Not trying to defend it, but that was the normal in most ancient societies contemporary with the Israelites. With the laudable exception of ancient egypt where women were mostly allowed to be their own persons.

Everywhere else at the time, women were property to be sold.