Rape Culture

[eynon81]

[The Dharma Bum]

[eynon81]

nope.

you couldn't go around raping widows willi-nilly in 14th century England or France. da king got mad.

[The Dharma Bum]

that may well be, rape was already considered a sex crime by the Romans in the 3rd century and by the Christian era was consider a public offense rather than a private one, but raping females was indeed originally considered a property crime

the word "rape" comes from a latin root meaning "to snatch, or carry off"

[eynon81]

[The Dharma Bum]

I didn't say anything about the ancient britons specifically, mainly because the origin of the concept of rape develop a long time before them

early humans weren't cognizant of the facts of paternity and probably didn't think much about who had sex with whom. they lived in small nomadic bands and shared everything. marriage and family came into the picture when it was realized that a particular male was the father of a particular child and that a future advantage could be conferred by transferring property to one's descendants. in early times one procured a women by literally capturing her and raping her. later this became ritualized socially acceptable behavior.

this is when customs such as bride price developed. modern wedding customs reflect this ancient pattern. such as not seeing the bride before the wedding. also the best man's function is to help ward off angry relatives trying to retrieve their valuable family member, and the honey moon is a relic of the period when a new husband had to get his bride away for a while until things cooled off and she got used to the idea of being married.

[The Comrade]

Give me a reliable source for any of what you just said

[The Dharma Bum]

it's basic anthropology

[exploited]

You should have no problem sourcing it then.

[The Comrade]