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... raped , but someone , not necessarily the same speaker , has merely alleged that she was also assaulted . What , then , is rape , if not an assault ? Since the woman was raped , how can there be any question of whether she was assaulted ...
... raped , but someone , not necessarily the same speaker , has merely alleged that she was also assaulted . What , then , is rape , if not an assault ? Since the woman was raped , how can there be any question of whether she was assaulted ...
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... rape and daughter rape , descriptions which , despite the word rape , incorporate the idea of mutuality suggested by incest . Structurally , English makes it impossible to identify the perpetrator and his victim unless we make the ...
... rape and daughter rape , descriptions which , despite the word rape , incorporate the idea of mutuality suggested by incest . Structurally , English makes it impossible to identify the perpetrator and his victim unless we make the ...
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... rape as children , father rape and daughter rape . Neither of these is satisfactory because both are ambig- uous . The compounding rules of English we use to create such phrases make them structurally ambiguous because the first nouns ...
... rape as children , father rape and daughter rape . Neither of these is satisfactory because both are ambig- uous . The compounding rules of English we use to create such phrases make them structurally ambiguous because the first nouns ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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