nossond: I don’t exactly look forward to discussing rape in my spare time, so this is my last post. Tamar may have wanted to marry Amnon, but not because she was happy with being raped or anything ridiculous like that. She was incredibly shamed and mortified, as is completely obvious from the navi. My big beef is with what you said about it being different. IT’S THE SAME THING- same feelings upon being victimized- but society’s way of dealing with it (covering it up and having the victim marry the rapist vs prosecution and validation) has changed. Whether girls married their rapists is not the point- WHY is the point. When you said that nowadays it’s different because the feeling afterward is like murder, there is NO REASON why it should not have been the same then. If anything, the story of Amnon and Tamar is a proof of that (think of Avshalom’s reaction- not exactly happy about the upcoming wedding…).
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