GATLING@SUVM (Keith E Gatling) (01/12/90)
Bill Sklar writes...
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I think one major problem we have is that we equate rape
with sex-- for someone to have sex, there has to be mutual consent
and if there is no mutual consent, than for all spiritual purposes
one who is raped remains a virgin.
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I reply...
Well technically speaking, even though the main thought of the rapist
may be violence and not sexual satisfaction, when you put the parts
together, it's sex. It may not be making love, but technically it's
sex. It may not be voluntary, but technically it's sex.
You can't decide not to call it sex because it wasn't voluntary.
The term "sex" is functional and is value neutral. However, you *can*
decide not to call it fornication or adultery, since those are types
of sex. You can also decide not to call it making love.
But you can't decide not to call it sex.
keg