frank theriault wrote: > On 10/10/06, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Frank, with the greatest respect for you, biologist (and I am one by >>training) call it rape. It is forced sexual contact and the females do >>have the capacity to agree or disagree with the situation. The normal >>behavior for the females in these instances is to get the hell away. >>sometimes the females are drown in the frenzy. whether the males >>"understand when a female says no" is debatable; they just know that in >>a group/gang setting, they gotta do whatever they can to get their sperm >>in the females cloaca. >> >>Now I fully understand what the issue is with the title. You, shel and >>Tim think by "anthropomorphizing" the ducks we are "lessing" the crime >>of rape. I can assure you that I would never do that. By calling what >>a gang of male mallards do to a female mallard "rape" maybe you feel we >>are making "rape" seem like a normal or natural event. It is "normal" >>for ducks, but I would never say it is natural or normal for humans. It >>is a horrible despicable crime against humanity. >> > > > I'm sure you're right, Christian. I don't doubt that biologists call > it rape - if it's ducks or any other dumb animal that's doing it. > > If a biologist is describing the situation to another biologist, I > have no problem with that - it is, in effect, a term of art. > > It in no way means the same thing as the violent sexual attack of one > human upon another - truly one of the most heinous and despicable acts > that one person can perpetrate upon another. > > Given how loaded with emotion the word rape is, I would submit that to > use it in everyday conversation when referring to ducks is most > inappropriate. However, I could be wrong. > > cheers, > frank
Frank, Unfortunately, that is essentially the only word in english available to cover non-consensual sex. Emotionally laden the word most certainly is. But just because they aren't human doesn't make the ducks actions any less brutal. And what they do is rape. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
