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[–]onemoredaydream 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What do you mean by 'their humanity'? Do you mean that they are capable of empathy, loyalty, capable of grasping higher-level concepts like honor? This is certainly true... but it doesn't mean that they won't also rape.

I think that a lot of men have a categorizing problem when it comes to women. They desperately want to have sex with women. So, they will bend over backwards to put women into a different category in their mind than men. To them, women just aren't "human". They don't reconcile OUR humanity. We aren't human, we're "women", and that means that depending on our age and marital status, we have a set script that we are to play.

I consider "humanity" to be the parts of our soul that are transcendent. The urge to rape and dominate is rooted in the body. I think the struggle to reconcile the two is a struggle most men have (their "higher" and "lower" selves) and I don't think any woman should ever forget that.

[–]Nemesis_Noire 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

[–]onemoredaydream 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is fascinating! Thanks!