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I understand removing RealLife examples from sex and rape tropes, but it seems to me the recent cuts here were indiscriminate. For example with the nature of this trope I think it\'s important to point out if it\'s actually true by definition, and that\'s more reference media than it is RealLife.
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I understand removing RealLife examples from sex and rape tropes, but it seems to me the recent cuts here were indiscriminate. For example with the nature of this trope I think it\\\'s important to point out if it\\\'s actually defined in a broad sense as TruthInTelevision, and that\\\'s more reference media than it is RealLife.
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* In the New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, \\\"rape\\\" is still defined as \\\"the crime, committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with him without their consent and against their will, esp. by the threat or use of violence against them\\\".
** Incidentally, the legal definition of rape in many jurisdictions is still \\\"unlawful carnal knowledge of a female without her consent\\\" Needless to say, this male troper, who was raped and is now a criminal justice major has to force himself to unclench his jaw every time he encounters a chapter on \\\"Sexual Assault\\\" in class. Apparently, it wasn\\\'t rape after all...
* Recently the [[http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/06/justice/rape-definition-revised/?hpt=ju_c2 United States Justice Department]] has broadened the definition of rape to include a variety of forms of nonconsensual penetration of the anus, vagina or mouth against either sex.
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Secondly, we have these examples which were cut but have nothing to do with either sex or rape:
* Held as true in the Middle Ages, at least legally. Whilst husbands were permitted to apply \\\'reasonable corrective force\\\' to their wives (and children, and servants, and domestic animals), they could still be punished for domestic violence. However, any man who was so \\\"weak\\\" as to \\\"allow\\\" himself to be beaten by his wife was seen as deserving anything he got, and provided she didn\\\'t actually kill him she could expect no punishment.
** It could be argued that there exists a greater degree of under-reporting of female-on-male DV than male-on-female in the modern day for more or less the same reasons: as strength and dominance are much more prized in men than in women and women are expected to be more vulnerable, it\\\'s less shameful for women to admit to being beaten. The very fact that a serious depiction of female-on-male DV in media is rare may also lead male DV victims to believe that there is something \\\"wrong\\\" with them, and thus not report it.
** Incidentally, the legal definition of rape in many jurisdictions is still \\\"unlawful carnal knowledge of a female without her consent\\\" Needless to say, this male troper, who was raped and is now a criminal justice major has to force himself to unclench his jaw every time he encounters a chapter on \\\"Sexual Assault\\\" in class. Apparently, it wasn\\\'t rape after all...
* Recently the [[http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/06/justice/rape-definition-revised/?hpt=ju_c2 United States Justice Department]] has broadened the definition of rape to include a variety of forms of nonconsensual penetration of the anus, vagina or mouth against either sex.
(last example changed slightly to be more factual)
Secondly, we have these examples which were cut but have nothing to do with either sex or rape:
* Held as true in the Middle Ages, at least legally. Whilst husbands were permitted to apply \\\'reasonable corrective force\\\' to their wives (and children, and servants, and domestic animals), they could still be punished for domestic violence. However, any man who was so \\\"weak\\\" as to \\\"allow\\\" himself to be beaten by his wife was seen as deserving anything he got, and provided she didn\\\'t actually kill him she could expect no punishment.
** It could be argued that there exists a greater degree of under-reporting of female-on-male DV than male-on-female in the modern day for more or less the same reasons: as strength and dominance are much more prized in men than in women and women are expected to be more vulnerable, it\\\'s less shameful for women to admit to being beaten. The very fact that a serious depiction of female-on-male DV in media is rare may also lead male DV victims to believe that there is something \\\"wrong\\\" with them, and thus not report it.
