Not excusing her response. Yes, she should have gotten away. She was very wrong to do what she did.
But if there were a story of an incapacitated soldier being raped by a man, every freeper man would be fine with him losing his member.
I think Rape has long had a Death Penalty associated with it.
Maybe not so much these days, but certainly in the near past.
Not sure what happens if one distinguishes among Rape-Rape, Date Rape and Marriage Rape.
"Perhaps the wrong of rape has proven so difficult to articulate because the unquestionable starting point has been that rape is definable as distinct from intercourse, when for women it is difficult to distinguish them under conditions of male dominance. ",
making things very nuanced and totally unclear.
There has apparently been a centuries old emphasis on chopping the “Beans” rather than the “Frank”.
The allegation of rape was never proven. Just her word.
I view that allegation with the same skepticism I do when I hear some Amish person allege a racial slur provoked an incident