I am beyond outraged at reading the plight of the 18 year old girl who was raped as a result of a governments lack of protection for ALL its citizens. Tribes should not be allowed to function on their own rules! I will be writing a letter to the Ambassador of Pakistan. I hope everyone else will too. Women all over the world need protection!!!!

Rape is such a serious crime. When anyone whose raped, they're bodies (temples) have been invaded and something has been taken from him/her. It's a terrible thing, and in a lot of cases it's hard for those to trust others again. And let people back in theire lives. Rape is a big issue (to me) in highschool and college, and I use to be scared that one day what if something happend to me like that. But for anyone whose been raped or ANYTHING! Many tend to blame themselves, and that's not good either, no one ever deserves to be RAPED! And it's not anyones fault! But action must be taken! Some don't even report that he/she have been sexually violated and it's a big step but let's not give anyone another chance to physically/sexually do that to anyone else. THanks, love, bye!

Rape: An act a violence from one person to another person, intended to demean the other person. Could also be the result of a stalker-like mental situation.

Rape demeans the prescious sexuality that is the human race. Unlike intercourse, which, in itself is not an animalistic act, rape, on the other hand, is a dillusioned, perverted, abuse of the human spirit.

Rapists, like many girls believe, are in a way like murderers. They take some innocent life and then change it forever (murderers kill the innocent life, thus changing life to death - duh).

So murderers and rapists, in my opinion, should be punished the same way.

If you're going to fry a murderer, might as well fry a rapist.


If you think this sounds harsh, just ask girls' daddies what they would do if their precious daughter was raped.

Having two sisters makes me well aware of it; sure, killing someone for raping a daughter is murder and is wrong.

But it's justified.

there's a difference between being in control of one's sexuality and advertising yourself as a "vixen", "super babe" or any other name of that sort. This is not so much in relation to rape as the culture of sexuality and the weird mindset one has to be in to see these thigns as worthy and desireable to label yourself as. This is Britney Spears sexuality, all talk and no power.
These things help create this aura of "acceptance" that 'no' really means 'yes'. Theres a difference between being in power and being clear about your intentions and your sexuality, while still being sexual. It plays into media stereotypes and contrived images, it's the brand name and mass production of girls as objects, whose bodies are no more valuable than the clothes they frame them with.
There is an attitude of permissiveness and acceptance of the rape culture that comes with not being in control. And giving the impression of thinking you're in control is the most important thing the slave-master can do to the slave.

I was raped last year while I was at school at ENMU. I reported it to the cops and the University...you want to know how it ended? Nothing happened to him, he didn't recieve ANY sort of punishment while I ended up having to leave school and enter therapy. Rape is the equivalent to murder in my eyes. My body is still alive but my soul has been dead ever since he put his hands on me. He stole something from me I will NEVER be able to get back and he walked away with a slap on the wrist. He ruined my life and his is peachy keen. Now tell me that the laws involving rape are as good as everyone makes them out to be...when that criminal is behind bars I'll believe you. Until then I say that they aren't near as strict as they should be!

Someone, well, quite a few people I know have been raped, and unfortunatly no one was ever caught, because in the end it ended up in death. I feel like if laws dont get stronger, people wont think of it of as much of a crime as murder; robbing, harrasment, etc is. I'm totally feeling like walking down the sidewalk in the middle of the day isnt even safe anymore. That's a shame, but there's nothing I, personally, can do. My apologies go out to all victims that were raped <3.

no matter who is being raped or who is doing the raping. Rape is rape. But I personally could not see myself taking my boyfriend to jail for raping me. There may be a one time circumstance...such as too much to drink one night, or similar uncontrollable circumstances. But all in all, like I said rape is rape. And any person that forces another to have rape and never recieves any consent should be punished. It's up to the victim on how the perpetrator should be punished.

no means no and a girl can only do so much. no one wants to be vialeted like that. it changes your whole life perspective i know exactly how your girl friend feels

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Posted by CommonSense:
I'll be less smart if you can make up the difference...

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Sweet.

I'd hate to ruin our second agreement on something but:
More death as an answer to rape? This is what is supposed to make us feel secure?

I understand where CommonSense is coming from; girls can claim anything and boom, a guy's life is over on the drop of a dime.

I'm not saying all girls do this and I'm not saying all rapists are in any way innocent. The subject is sensitive to my family as well, but it's just sick that you can cry "wolf" and everyone comes running.

But has anyone ever questioned why rapists and child molesters get out of prison earlier than most non-violent drug offenders?

And why aren't the Catholic priests who molest/rape children and/or protect the priests who do, in prison?

No, I'm afraid justice is not being served.

We don't need more laws. We need more guns.

Ahem...using all caps isn't "attractive" either.
Of course neither of us is really in this to "attract" another person, especially in the topic about rape.
When you start tlaking about otuching being wrong you're opening up something big and I wanted to make sure you meant what you said and were expressing yourself clearly.
At what point do we draw the line between inappropriate groping and you definition of "rape"?
I'll be less smart if you can make up the difference...

MY GOD! MUST I WORD EVERYTHING CORRECTLY FOR YOU? FINE. I MEANT THAT IF YOU TOUCH PEOPLE IN PRIVATE PLACES SUCH AS BETWEEN THE LEGS AND THE CHEST REGION (ON WOMEN), AND IT IS INTENTIONAL; IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT THEN YES IT IS RAPE. OH AND COMMONSENSE? TRY NOT TO BE A SMART A$$ ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE.

Touching someone in a way they don't like is "rape"?
So if someone bumps into me in the hall I should cry rape?

Rape is always a bad thing, no matter if the person who does it to you is someone you love or not. Touching or having intercourse with someone who doesn't want it is grounds for rape. If someone says no once, you are raping them. It just goes to show how many people violate others.

I understand that all of you in one way or another think rape is wrong. But what about the grey areas? I dont believe rape is right but I do know that people do abuse the system and in turn put people in jail when they have done nothing wrong. Take a look at the sexual harassment law, if you look at someone in a funny way you are sexually harassing them. I have read dozens of cases where misunderstandings were blown way out of proportion and in the end the persons social and personal lives were ruined. All because of a faulty claim. Now what about the unmentioned items such as drugs and alchohol or people who lead others on. Like common sense said there are many factors that contribute and no case is ever open and shut. Think about all of the factors because you could end up pointing the finger at the wrong guy and not remember what the actual rapist looked like but this guy is close so throw him in jail!

The rape issue is pretty hectic here but what you say about "woman just don't say 'no' to men" is not true. Some of the young girls growing up in townships and poor areas maybe, but they don't know any better. It is their everday circumstances. They grow up with rapests in their own homes and are threatend to keep quiet. But there are groups of activists going around to help them. These rapests that believe that having sex with a virgin will cure them from hiv/aids are sick and deserve to be killed!! Unluckily the death penantly isn't law here.

Nyag, rape and sexual abuse is something that absolutely steams my clams. Everyone has a right to their own body, and what they intend to do with it. By forcing yourself upon someone else, you are attacking their free will and their ability to decide for themselves what they want to do. Whether it's a woman or girl getting raped, or a man or boy getting raped, it's wrong, because they didn't want it to happen.

IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY STOP AND THEY DON'T. BELIEVE ME I'VE BEEN RAPE BY MY FIRST BOYFRIEND AND DO YOU KNOW HIS BESTFRIENDS WERE IN THE NEXT ROOM AND IF NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. THAT'S RAPE CAUSE I SAID NO AND HE DIDN'T STOP. HE WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE LOVED ME AND CARED FOR ME AND HE GOES OF AND DO THAT SO EVEN IF YOUR MARRIED TO THAT PERSON AND YOU TELL THEM NO THAT STILL RAPE. BECAUSE THERE NOT RESPECTING YOUR WISHS. PEACE.