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In reply to the discussion: ‘Rape porn’ possession to be punished by three years in jail, David Cameron to announce [View all]opiate69
(10,129 posts)Halloween just passed.. now, lately there have been all kinds of "haunted houses" and "fright factory" kind of places popping up.. the idea being, you go walk through this elaborate sets, and they use all kinds of different techniques to scare the bejeebus out of you. I'm sure you've probably at least seen them.. In any case, even though Jenny Q. Public knows she's in no danger, because it's just a bunch of local actors, when the guy jumps out of the pitch black darkness with his hideous makeup and his chainsaw, her fear overtakes her reason. This is the same response these women who act out these rape scenes experience. For many, it can be a powerful catharsis. So I wouldn't brush it off as "simple role-playing".. as I said before, the human psyche is extraordinarily complex.