Name: Anonymous 2007-07-01 2:12 ID:Xol+m1Ql
Rape was an individual act begotten by sexual lust in a man for an individual woman, In an age which demanded virginity in a woman as evidence of her worth in marriage, the loss of it either by surrender to a lover or by the violation of rape depreciated her status in the marriage market. She was soiled goods, and in her own estimation a destroyed creature, or so popular sentiment assumed her to be.