Pornography: Men Possessing Women, by: Andrea ... - Feminish

vs. adults, ” the sexual act was premeditated by the male. Premeditationalso does not indicate force because, of course, in thenormal male “interest, hope, and premeditation are inextricablyfused when he is confronted with a socially suitable female. . . ” 85Two or more males aligned against a single female also is notnecessarily forcible sex: these are “polyandrous situations. ”86In creating the category “heterosexual offenders vs adults, ”meaning a category in which men were convicted for havingconsensual relations, usually coital, with adult females, the criterionwas that the use of force not be substantial, that is, outside thebounds of what is socially acceptable:O ur society expects the male to be the aggressor in heterosexualrelationships, and a certain amount of physical force and duressis consequently acceptable and perhaps even socially necessary.Girls [sic] are frequently subjected to rather intense andeffective duress which takes many forms: threats not to datethem again, threats to impair their popularity through adversecomments, even threats to make them walk home—all these arenot only common but are accepted as a part of social living.The same is true with physical force, but here a delicacy ofjudgment is necessary. 87The delicacy of judgment shown by the scientists is truly overwhelmingin its delicacy: “Concerning force, we would retain thecase [in the offender’s category in which, by definition, no force wasused] where a male touched, or briefly held, or pulled an unwillingfemale, but we would exclude cases where she was struck orphysically overpowered. ” 88 The acknowledged unwillingness of thefemale is not relevant because it is commonplace for a female to beunwilling and at the same time touched held, or pulled despite orbecause of her unwillingness.In the hope that at least when the female is struck or physicallyoverpowered, the use of force is clearly delineated and leftunjustified by the objective scientists, one might turn to thecategory called “heterosexual aggressors vs. adults, ” meaning thatby definition in this category force was used. There all hope isshattered by a return to first principles. In the category “heterosex­