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Originally posted by Pandemoniac
The difference between being in a car-wreck and being the victim of rape (or any other crime) is in the intentions of those who put you in that situation.
A crash is an accident in almost all cases, rape is done on purpose.
Accidents happen, you might learn to accept that even if they are caused by stupidity, but being intentially abused is a whole different issue. It makes you learn the hard way that you can be a victim to anyone who's crazy enough to put their own sick and desperate desires over your personal wellbeing.
maybe i don't get it, but i guess some cultures don't care about INTENT, only the act, intent doesn't matter, as they don't have all the logic to decide which intent is what, which intent should go where, so they don't care too much about it, everything gets lumped in as one. So, when experiencing anything, they don't know how to cypher which emotion belongs where, as they were never cultivated to know "intent", only to respond.
our culture cares a lot about intent and motive, we put a lot of weight behind it. some cultures find that stupid and care only for the act, and they don't ask questions, they just see the act and then, they go from there, intent isn't even part of the discussion. just get into intellectual debates with some of them and you may find that "intent" is something void. it'll give you a better picture of their mind map, how their mind is working and why they would easily get emotional over issues that are cyphered in different ways in another culture.
if rape is the same thing as a car accident, then basically, you react the same way for both, logic helps us to decide how we will react emotionally (and visa versa)..and our culture does help us with logic...
that's why in some countries, a car accident can lead to a shooting or death, even though it was an accident, and this was in Africa long before
"road rage" became a cliquish term in the states. It was on the news more then 15 years ago (I was a kid learning about this), about how African drivers (forgot which country), would shoot to death another driver even though it was an accident, then, that same attitude traveled to LA, and propogated in other areas of the country.
remember when i was talking about the black southern culture about broom sweeping the feet, and how this is seen as a curse, and even if it's done on accident, they believe bad karma is coming to the person who had their foot swept (and many many other cultural bad karma stuff that has nothing to do with INTENT, TOTALLY IGNORES INTENT), so even if you accidentally do that to your boss at work (first job out of high school), that person will hate you all the same even though it was an accident, as intent doesn't matter.
it's literally a different logic, that's why some can easily say (without any second guessing), that rape is the same as a car accident.