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Showing Original Post only (View all)No, polygamy isn't rape. THIS is rape. [View all]
When someone you've known for 6 years, known his wife, babysat his kids comes to your door, you open it and invite him in because you have absolutely no reason not to. Tells you his motorcycle broke down, it's cold, and can he have a cup of coffee? "No problem, let me make a pot."
Having no idea he's been on a crank bender for 3 days (though he did look like he'd been rode hard and put away wet) you sit down and start talking with him and he says he's tired, could he lay down for a few minutes? "Sure!" you say and you go into the bedroom to start making up the bed when all of a sudden this person you've known for 6 years comes up behind you with a razor blade to your throat and says, "Lay down and take off your clothes." So you comply because you want to live. You're thinking, "I can live through a rape but if he starts cutting on me I'm done." He's 6'4 and easily 250 lbs., you're 5'0" and 97 lbs. You know damned well who is going to win that power struggle. So you comply. He does whatever his sick mind leads him to do. You start crying, it sets him off and the razor blade gets closer to your throat so you clam up.
At some point he comes out of his crack stupor for a second, realizes what he's done and starts crying. Wants you to hold him. Will you tell me you love me? "Sure," you say, "I love you." Will you kiss me? "Sure, I'll kiss you and this can just be between you and me. I won't tell anyone." You eventually get him up, out of the room but know you can't reach the door in time to get out. So you stay, chatting, when eventually he confesses that his motorcycle didn't really break down, its just up the street and will you drive him to it? "Sure" you say, just wanting to get the hell out of the door. When you open the door and start walking out the door, you start running. And running and running until you hit a neighbor's house and call the police.
The police show up, take your story and he is arrested the next day. Month after month goes by and FINALLY trial gets here, here pleads guilty and gets sentenced to 1 year in a drug rehab facility. Gets out and less than a year later does the same thing to another woman but this time he uses his fists. He beats her, rapes her, she has a broken jaw and cracked ribs. She was in the hospital for weeks.
He died in prison. And I left out the part where the wife calls you and asks you why you are doing this to her and her children. Please don't press charges. I also left out the part where he threatened my life IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE and he had to be shackled.
Now, I say all of that because there are some major assbites on this board comparing polygamy to rape. I just wanted to give you the semi-graphic details on what rape looks like. Polygamy isn't it.
P.S. No condolences, please. It was 40 years ago and I'm alive, well, and happy and he's rotting in a grave. But just know every time you post some bullshit comparing anything to rape, it triggers every rape victim on DU. So, JUST FUCKING STOP IT!