Posted by alexandra_k on May 19, 2005, at 3:26:41
In reply to The difference between eating meat and rape » alexandra_k, posted by so on May 19, 2005, at 2:18:04
> Eating meat is considered normal becuase it has been culturally accepted by a majority of the human race for tens of thousands, or rather hundreds of thousands of years, as is shown by archeological evidence and by anthropoligical study.
Just because something had been 'culturally accepted by a majority of the human race' for however long doesn't make it morally acceptable.
Racism was culturally accepted for a heck of a long time.
Sexism.
These things might be 'normal' in the statistical sense but that doesn't make them morally acceptable.> Rape is generally considered abhorent by most cultures, even though some individuals and some micro-cultures advocate sexual predation.
What seems to have changed is the definition of rape. It used to be that it was impossible to rape your wife BECAUSE SHE WAS YOUR WIFE TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANTED TO DO WITH HER.
That change is actually a fairly recent move...
And if you are looking at actual practice of what human beings do in fact do over thousands or even tens of thousands of years you will find that it is statistically *normal* for males to use force to make females sleep with them because they can (ie they tend to be stronger).But that does not make it morally acceptable.
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