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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]Kurska
(5,739 posts)"This is one set of people encouraging others in the belief that rape is sexually exciting and acceptable." This for instance, is completely wrong. I've lived a very cosmopolitan life as a gay man with a very open mind. I've met some people who have rather interesting tastes. Yes, I've actually met people who are into "rape-play" as it is called and you know what? If asked every single one I've ever met has gone to great lengths to inform me how they believe that rape is completely unacceptable and a heinous crime. Some people have a wonderful ability to separate fantasy from reality. They realize that they may have dark sexual desires, but they also realize that such desires need to exclusively remain in the realm of fantasy. Hell, you don't seem to understand that a sizable portion of people into this kind of stuff don't fantasize about raping, they fantasize about being raped. Funnily enough, of the handful that I've met, it was about a 50/50 split on that front. Should we start rounding these people up and throwing them into prison? I don't think so, you apparently seem to.
What you don't seem to be understanding is that we're not talking about real rape here. We're talking about fantasy rape between two consenting adults. It is fiction. It isn't real. Do I support the outlaw of videos of actual rape? Yeah that is completely reasonable, no victim should have to know that there are people out there gaining sexual gratification from their suffering, but there isn't a victim here. These are consenting adults recording their consenting behaviors and making it available on the internet for people who share their interest. If you want to ban specific kinds of fiction, I can't tell you you're not allowed to hold that belief (though you seem perfectly willing to tell other people what they are allowed to believe).
But telling other people what kind of FICTION they can consume makes you an authoritarian and a censor, and in the long run those will always lose.