Not 'just' a form of physical assault. The morality behind assault depends upon the motivation behind the assault. In the case of a rapist it is not for the purpose of sex, it is for the purpose of domination.
In the current culture, there is a stigma placed on sexuality. So in this sense the rape victim is twice victimized. In the long run this needs to change. There is the question of what is practically just vs what is ideally just and that plays into issues of morality and ethics. My point in all of this is that going down the road of 'sex is the problem' is incorrect. It isn't the sex, it is the violence, so address the violence by thinking of it in terms of violence. Society has it backwards in that depictions of sex are taboo, yet depictions of violence are common.
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In the current culture, there is a stigma placed on sexuality. So in this sense the rape victim is twice victimized. In the long run this needs to change. There is the question of what is practically just vs what is ideally just and that plays into issues of morality and ethics. My point in all of this is that going down the road of 'sex is the problem' is incorrect. It isn't the sex, it is the violence, so address the violence by thinking of it in terms of violence. Society has it backwards in that depictions of sex are taboo, yet depictions of violence are common.