What if potential rape victim turned the tables?
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I love hutch — 3 years ago(May 06, 2022 11:50 PM)
I guess my bizarre notion all started when I read Cookie Mueller's autobiography. She said that if a woman starts to feel unsafe around a strange man and feels that something bad may be about to happen, i.e., rape, then one of her best strategies of defense is to begin to act flat out crazy. She then offered the story of how this scenario happened to her on a NYC subway late at night and she started speaking in tongues and started rolling her eyes back into her head and the creep changed his course and backed off.
And I suppose that the rapist can sort of intuit his victims and smell out their fear. Because rape is more an act of violence than an act of sex. So, maybe the rapist would be less likely to target somebody with a lot of confidence than somebody who appears more vulnerable?
I just think it's a wild thought to imagine a would be rapist who gets more than he bargained for when his would be victim "outdoes" him. And I'm really not talking about rape because in the scenario I have suggested it never gets to that point simply because, in this case, the victim has crazier and/or more violent impulses than his or her would be attacker. And I like the notion of the perp being totally caught off guard in this way. And I loved Cookie Mueller. She played Concetta in "Female Trouble".
"I got a knife in my pocketbook and I'm gonna cut you up after class!"
Yes, Amy had once liked the blonde guy. I liked her character.
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ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(May 06, 2022 11:59 PM)
She then offered the story of how this scenario happened to her on a NYC subway late at night and she started speaking in tongues and started rolling her eyes back into her head and the creep changed his course and backed off.
That is an interesting scenario and it also does make some sense, as in using crazy victim defense mechanism to deter the assailant. It might not work though if the attacker is a violent psycho.
Cookie was a wacky and sharp showpony by the sound of it. Acting may not be the first thing that comes to mind with most rape victims and getting away as unscathed as much as possible would be the first thought for most. Shock can also prevent people from acting with shrewd creativity.
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I love hutch — 3 years ago(May 07, 2022 12:09 AM)
I guess that's why I love Cookie as much as I do. There really was nobody like her.
I own several of her books. I don't know that I've ever used this phrase, but maybe she really was too good for this world. Smart, resourceful, sweet, loyal, funny, true to herself, empathic and off the wall in her own uniqueness.
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ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(May 07, 2022 12:26 AM)
I didn't think it would be through blood transfusion or sex, as that is usually reserved for unprotected anal sex.
She might have been sharp, but she wasn't too smart being a user.
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password — 3 years ago(May 07, 2022 12:16 AM)
That is an interesting scenario and it also does make some sense, as in using crazy victim defense mechanism to deter the assailant. It might not work though if the attacker is a violent psycho.
Yes, if he's a power reassurance rapist, the victim acting crazy may turn him off. If he's a power assertive rapist, he may be annoyed if the victim acts crazy and may become more violent. -
password — 3 years ago(May 07, 2022 12:06 AM)
It depends on which type of rapist he is.
If he's the type of rapist who fantasizes that the victim desires him, then her actually being turned on may not stop him.
If he's the type of rapist who wants the victim to suffer, then it may be a turnoff for him if she's turned on. But there is no way to know if he would lose enough interest to stop, or if her being turned on would make him angry and hurt her even more. -
I love hutch — 3 years ago(May 07, 2022 12:17 AM)
If he's the type of rapist who wants the victim to suffer, then it may be a turnoff for him if she's turned on.
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This is the kind of thing that I was wondering about.
Thank you for your thought out response.
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