Reply #273: I acknowledge that - in the sense of the beginning of the

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sequence of events - given the particular context. However, there is a point when if a rape occurs - there is far much more afoot than *just* a desire for sex. Personally, in many instances, I think it is not talking about this which allows rape to be such a frequent incident. In the moment, as I describe, it is possible that in the mind of the rapist it is still about sex - and the desire to "get it" even if/when it is clear that the other person does not want to have sex. I would also argue that at that point - the "desire" merges with a little rage/anger ala "how dare you deprive me from having sex... I am going to have sex ...." and at that point some anger/power issues merge in that allow the violence.

I would not equate what you wrote as simply rape = sex, unless you also disavow that once the act crosses consentual lines - and a decision to force it begins to merge power and violence with the motivation for the act. I think, if I read you correctly per the "degrees" (per motivation) that this might fit.