Judeo-Christianity: the messed-up parts 😲

If God, who wrote the Bible, says RAPE is OK, who are we to argue? He made us.

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Who's the victim in Bible's Rape of Dinah?

Dr. Alison L. Joseph (TheTorah.com)

Jews and Christians are pro-sexual violence? God doesn't seem to mind.

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Seduction of Dinah, Daughter of Leah (J. Tissot)

We cannot imagine anyone but Dinah as the victim, but does [the holy Judeo-Christian book] the Torah? Do rabbis?

Understanding the story of Dinah and its reception in historical context can help us reflect on the role of women in ancient Israel and the meaning of sexual violence in patriarchal societies, that one and this one.

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Practical, social concern of biblical rape laws

Bible: It's OK to rape, just marry her afterwards.

Biblical Hebrew does NOT have a word for “rape,” but the Bible is aware of the fact that females can be forced to submit to sex [7].

This is clearest from the law in Deuteronomy about adultery with a betrothed virgin: It distinguishes between a sexual encounter in the city, which is presumed to be consensual (because no one heard her screaming) [8] and one in the field.

The latter is assumed to have been forced because she probably screamed but no one heard her. (She is given the benefit of the doubt) [9].

The term used in these cases for sexual coercion is “to grab hold of and lie with” (וְהֶחֱזִיק בָּהּ… וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ). The man’s crime is the same in both instances ("adultery"). Consent is only relevant to determine whether the woman is liable for punishment or not. 

The point comes up in the next law as well, which offers a clear parallel for the case in the Dinah story: More

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