The question of rape in the bride kidnapping video

Sandra Nisanov Phi/Law 310.08 Round 2 Your premise number four has proved exactly my point on the undeniable accusation that the kidnapper has performed an act of rape. Your premise goes as follows: for a charge to be considered a rape it is important to establish that force, a threat of force or manipulation through fear was used in order to perpetrate the act (164.3.1) It is exactly through manipulation and fear of force that the kidnapee agreed to the marriage. The bride to be confesses that she did not want to get married at this time and since she was already taken they wouldn't leave her alone anyhow so she had no other choice but to stay and therefore agreed to the marriage. (27.5) This demonstrates the idea that women often feels that "in this position many women who say "yes" are not in fact choosing freely but are submitting because they feel a lack of power to say "no"." (177.5.1) Further more the standard of physical force, or threat of it, to constitute sex as rape give men an easy opportunity to claim that from what they understood; the women gives consent to the act. (164.3.1) This demonstrates clearly that the bride to be had no choice but to say yes and agreed to the marriage on the grounds that she completely lacked power in any other choice. She understood that there is absolutely no other choice therefore her fear to act otherwise was clearly present. "From a woman"s point of view , the danger in this position where women -might in fact find themselves in a situation where they in saying yes really mean no- is that many women who say yes are in fact choosing freely but are submitting because they feel a lack of power to say no." (177.5.1) Next, your tenth premise can be easily challenged. You have made a claim that "while having full autonomy and being asked if she is willingly consenting to marriage the woman says yes"(26.53) It is absolutely outrageous to somehow make out that this woman in the video was considered of her autonomy in any respect. If her autonomy was respected, first off she would not need to have been kidnapped in order for her to agree to a marriage with this kidnapper. The fact that the actual sex took place after the marriage is completely irrelevant because the sequence of events that led up to that night have stripped this woman completely of her autonomy, therefore leaving her no choice but to follow along with this situation which has consumed her. For the central role of consent, the justification in the law of rape is that it protects a woman"s choice the autonomy of a woman in relations to sex. (175.4.1) Through law men have a duty to be alert, keep their eyes open, and be sure of their situation before engaging in sex. A woman must be given credit for knowing that what she speaks is true instead of reading her mind. A blameworthy choice has been made by a man if he has the inherit capacity to act reasonably but fails to do so, which would result directly in the violation of the duty to which he was appointed. Regardless of the fact that negligent acts are less great than the acts imposed by purposeful conduct, being negligently sexually penetrated is still a grand issue. " Being treated like an object whose words or actions are not even worthy of consideration adds insult to the injury." Part of the injury of rape is the dehumanization that ensures the denial of autonomy and dignity; and this can be demonstrated in both purposeful rape and negligent rape. (166.7.2-5) The following statements which have come directly from the video, reveal that the autonomy of the all the women was not considered in any of the following scenes: "Father of groom states "Be careful not to let her run away." (2.25) "While a random bride is being dragged into the apartment she is pleading" she does not want to stay and please let her go" (2.51) "There was a situation of a man and a woman who were in love, the woman wanted to marry him, but she explicitly explained that she did not want to be kidnapped and didn't want to partake in anything following the kidnapping which and almost all cases consist of consummating the marriage. (3.14) "After several years of marriage a couple is asked to reflect on the events that brought them together. The husband admits that when he met her he asked whether or not to send his parents for work or should he just kidnapped her right on the spot? and her response was "don't do it" (3.58) "When the male and all his friends went to retrieve his bride the young man states "you can beat us or even cry" they then proceed while the woman screams out to her mother as she kicks and screams. (12.39) "Bride confesses that she did not want to get married at this time and since she was already taken they wouldn't leave her alone anyhow so she have no other choice but to stay and agreed to the marriage. (27.5)