So, we watch men behaving as predators, and it naturally excites us to see male power taken to its extreme logical conclusion. Fortunately, the vast majority of men, at least in modern societies, have these tendencies under control, if not because of good cultural training, then because of the threat of retaliation or legal punishment.īut the basic truth is that there is no useful distinction between the prominent features of normal male sexuality and the capability of a man to force his phallus into another person. That some men will rape is inevitable under the prevailing genetic conditions. Compared to women, men are by nature generally more sexually focused, physically stronger, and more violent.
We enjoy depictions of rape because rape has a lot to do with male sexuality. I love a good rape scene, or at least I do if it has an attractive male perpetrator (or victim-thank you, Joseph Gordon Levitt).