An understandable outcry has been heard across England in the past few days calling for a change in the law that allows so-called ‘rape porn’ to be watched legally. In neighboring Scotland this has been outlawed for a couple of years. In the past few minutes, I have done the minor amount of research that I could stomach on the ‘rape porn’ genre, when typed in to google numerous free and payment based websites appear. Just the first glance of most sent shivers down my spine, but none so much as one with videos titled as such; “Domestic Violence Turns into Rape.” Obviously, as a kind of disclaimer I should remind anyone who reads this that ‘rape porn’ is a staged form of sexual activity that takes place between two consenting adults. Yet, what does this glorify? Non-consensual sex derived from force. If someone ‘gets off’ watching staged versions of this surely it is not too much of an unthinkable link that they do the same in their real sex lives. Or would like to!
In the UK rape is already handled with the minimal amount of severity that it deserves. Research conducted by the Ministry of Justice earlier in 2013 revealed that of the 95,000 people who are raped (majority women), only 1,070 rapists are convicted. With this crime already being so prevalent and so poorly handled, surely anything that glorifies this heinous act should without thought be banned. If not for the women who ignorant fools like to claim “ask for it” then for the minors who ask for nothing of the sort. That is right, not only are these easily accessible websites showing the ‘rape’ of women but of women depicted as school girls! With menu headings such as; “young”, “school girl” and “underage”. With the prolific case of the murder of Tia Sharpe currently being processed by the English High Courts which involved her assailant living out sexual fantasies of his own, and the 70’s pedophile ring slowly being brought to light in the testimonies of traumatised women, who remember only clammy hands running up and under their school skirts, it begs belief that sights that glorify and eroticses any unlawful sexual acts are allowed to continue streaming content.
Sex and power have always trod precariously on thin ice together, but in light of recent events the only relationship between the two should be that; each party involved in sexual activity should hold power over their own consent and safety as well as, their mind and body. Anything that contradicts these basic rights for any person should be punishable by the law.
Female Forays 