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Full Idea
In a rape a person is used without proper regard for her personhood - but this is true of every kind of assault.
Gist of Idea
A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault
Source
Pamela Foa (What's Wrong with Rape? [1977], 1)
Book Ref
'Ethics in Practice (2nd Ed)', ed/tr. LaFollette,Hugh [Blackwell 2002], p.213
A Reaction
This is a good step towards her attempt to pin down what is specifically wrong with rape, which strikes me as an extremely important question, and not merely in order to justify punishments.
| 20887 | A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault [Foa] |
| 20888 | Rape of children is dreadful, but no one thinks children should have a right of consent [Foa] |
| 20889 | If men should lust and women shouldn't, that makes rape the prevalent sexual model [Foa] |