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Last night, while a bit drunk my wife and I were talking about how she tapped out and went to bed during the rape scene in Caligula while I kept watching. She said in a matter-of-fact tone "you are a man, rape is in your blood"

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Mammalian intercourse relies on rape-ish instincts to occur. These are mediated to some degree by mating dances, depending on the species (Donald Duck is the hardest R rapist out there).

Humans, as mammals, carry this curse. Our own mating dances are fragile due to relying heavily on language and culture and can be scrambled by motivated, evil groups. The happiest available medium seems not to rely overly much on celebrating the mammalian rape instincts as much as it does the 'proper' mating dance and the roles the couple takes thereafter.

Or, in other words, Beauty and the Beast is uncivilized.

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