Reply #138: Rape is something I doubt I'll ever comprehend. [View All]

That's not to say I don't comprehend, to some degree (based on personal experiences I will NOT go into), the almost limitless sense of personal violation, subjugation, and befouling that a victim feels. I do. To some degree. But I do NOT, to any degree whatsoever, comprehend that which would impel a person to rape another. From my (sometimes disturbing) studies in Abnormal Psychology, I found that I could discover some small kernel or inclination (or empathy) inside myself which I could use to give me some tiny insight to most mental illnesses and personality disorders. (Bothered by this and asking professors, I was assured that this was entirely normal and healthy, and that the abnormality was in the extreme imbalance of what was in all of us, if only as an empathic association.) Such is just not the case with rape. I just can't comprehend it. I am unable, despite soul-searching even with assistance, to find anything within myself that would allow me to have empathy for a rapist, no matter the gender of the victim. One professor/shrink even waggishly said that I might be missing something. She had a bit strange sense of humor, though. Strange.


(It has sure disqualified me as a potentetial partner for some who may have had certain fetishes. Good.)