,,,You say with confidence it seems that it was motivated by "lust and opportunity alone"...
Or, did I actually preface that with an "as often"?
...you wanted to talk about two potential motivations (I say potential since you use strong words, "alone"
Or again, did I actually state
"as often rape was motivated by lust and opportunity alone." So not quite the Big Lebowski you pump it up to be.
...I don't feel comfortable being so absolute), you started the topic.
Yes that is how I framed my post. Thanks for bringing it up.
. Some of us suggest sexism was on that list of motivations...
An idea never opposed by me.
But let's be honest, the concept of "sexism" was introduced here in the context of applying
to all rapes (not just one "on that list") in the Antebellum/CW. It was promoted that
all rapes in all wars, and for that matter in all of human history embued sexism. That was an overplay so it was reasonable on my part to push-back on it. In any event
it's not like folks here can't go back and read the posts.
...the idea that women were inferior to men and thus allowing them to impose their physical desires on them without permission. Then some of us also suggest that's even more decisive than lust and opportunity. Not every white man alone with a black woman and who was horny raped that woman. Hence the idea of superiority (or as we all commonly use modern terms posting on an online forum the most modern of things lol) or sexism was the decider on whether they actually did rape or not.
Not anything I'd deny -- to notice the use now of sexism as "more decisive" where previously the thread was definitely going the way of sexism was "always decisive."
...you argue about some nonsense of not using a term since it didn't exist back then...
Or did I actually only ever recommend using caution in applying post-century social-science colloquial to Antebellum/CW analysis? Yeah, that's what actually went down.
Why pump-up (lie about) what somebody here has said just so you can rail against it? I understand that's the common mode on the "other site," but look where they're headed since the Confederate apologists became majority staff over there.
...I don't think I've ever heard anyone so vehemently argue sexism as a key in rape in historical time periods.
Me neither, which is why I pushed back, suggesting caution with that. I contributed three viable alternates as primary motivations to rape, which some posters found reasonable and made comments to that effect. Bottom line; no hits no fouls.
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