Nonconsensual sex: How colleges rebranded rape

[Bernardo de La Paz]

68. Rape is sexual assault (battery, actually) & it's primarily a power/violence thing.

Nobody who thinks about this confuses rape with a loving sexual act so don't even go there with your accusations. However, rape involves sexual organs and sexual functions including (but not necessarily) erection and ejaculation. To deny that there is a sexual aspect to sexual assault and rape is to deny the obvious.

"Have the courage -- and the courtesy -- to" address the points I made if you want to convince me or anybody of your thesis. For your convenience I will restate them here in essence:

1) Does rape typically involve sex organs such as penis, vagina, anus, breast? Yes or no? Surely the answer is yes. Note the word "typically". That does not mean exclusively. Note that even skin is a sexual organ when touched in a sexual way or with faux caresses.

2) Rape is a violent crime with physical touching of a person such that they fear for their safety of life or limb. Yes or no? Surely the answer is yes. I suppose there might be exceptions and I'd be interested to hear them but I'm sure they would not negate this point in the main.

3) If there is no sexual aspect or sexual organs or sexual touching (or conceivably psychosexual coercion / mind games) to an act of violence then it is battery, not rape. Correct? Yes or no?

We all get that the primary aspect of rape is the violence (physical and psychological). Nothing I've written denies that. So I still don't know where you disagree with me. Addressing the points listed might help clear it up.

And you can try to derail this with focusing on "we" and it may work but it won't convince.