[Tax-chick]

Thank you. "The rapist" or "the man who raped her" identify the person without assigning the woman to a permanent condition of ownership. Perhaps it's just a grammatical quirk - possessive case is possessive case - but I'm like that ;-).

[chris37]

Nah, it’s not a grammatical quirk IMO, I think it’s a valid point and an important one. Clearly, I overlooked it too, which I regret.

I really appreciate your pointing it out to me, because now it bothers me too thinking about how it associates ownership with the victim.