(idea) by consumagenerica Wed Aug 09 2000 at 6:42:20
(This is more Nodeshell Liberation Front than Nodeshell Rescue Team, I think...)

No, it's not. Sex, even bad sex is not rape, no matter how much you regret it; and more to the point, rape is not sex. It's strange how many people still don't get this, so I'll say it again: rape is not sex. It's not about sex. It's about assault. End of story.

General Wesc, me darlin', I think I have probably read a good deal more radical feminist literature than you have. I have never seen anybody make this statement except to set it up as a straw man -- I refer you to your own excellent writeup on the subject.
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(idea) by General Wesc Thu Nov 02 2000 at 21:50:40

A made-up quote falsely attributed to Catherine MacKinnon. While this isn't a real quote, there is an argument akin to it.

According to some, our society has been built up by men in a way that all women feel worthless and the only way to have any value is to serve the mighty male by having sex with him. Since the oppressive way which men have created out society forces women to have sex in order to have any worth, all sex is rape.

I'm not sure if this argument is actually used in such a form by any radical feminists or just their critics. Also see the related node "all men are rapists".

Oh, and rape is sex, for whatever purpose. Sex is a biological function. :-)

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