The False Tropes About Rape We Must Destroy

[solara]

2. Excellent article and absolutely right on!, however

I would like to add just one more trope.

The idea that rape happens because the perp is "Sexually Attracted" to his victim - or, is going after her because she is "His Type"..is an extremely harmful, hateful and, frankly, old idea that has, for years and especially lately been perpetrated as some kind of "truth" Even when trump thought Ms. Carroll was his wife Marla, (while with actual wife at the time, Ivana looking over his shoulder)

Rape and sexual assault in whatever form, are not about sexual pleasure, or sexual infatuation.. Rape is a crime of violence. Rape is only about proving "masculine" power & superiority,. It's about anger, resentment, jealousy, assault, domination, intimidation, humiliation, invasion, revenge, hostility, sadism, spite, cruelty and/or putting the victim in their "place"

There is nothing even remotely 'romantic' about it.. So when the twice impeached, disgraced, indicted, guilty perp of sexual assault, lying loser of an ex-president said something like "She's not my type" in reference to E. Jean Carroll.. I still haven't heard anyone push back on his stupid, shallow, ignorant & savage statement.

Of course I could be wrong.