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Jan Hollerbach's avatar

That these conversations have been happening during Lent - and now Holy Week - has been a real blessing. The struggle is real. The struggle with our own sinful nature and the struggle against this upside down culture that wants to chew us up and spit us out can be very wearing. Your letters are helping to bring so much into focus….and with plenty of good belly laughs to boot! Thank you.

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Sheryl Rhodes's avatar

I have always rejected the ridiculous idea that rape is ALL about power, and nothing but. It seems obvious that rape is about using power to get what you want. Using power feels great; it provides its own reward in that sense and so each offender will have their own mixed motivations in any given instance of sexual assault. But mainly, the attack is about getting a sexual thrill.

As a criminal prosecutor I began to question the power-only explanation when confronted with real-life cases where the defendant just wanted sex and didn’t use power to get it unless there was resistance. I am not minimizing this heinous assault by saying so.

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