Why does there have to be ralationship abuse and rape??

[huntergreen_3]

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Rizza wrote:
>>I also disagree with the "love potion=date-rape drug" theories I've
been reading. I completely understand why a love potion would be
considered to be the magical version of that drug, only I don't
understand why it's being associated with 14 year-old kids in a book
series that's never once had a dialogue about sex, or a mention of the
word itself. Not to say that 14 year-olds don't think about sex, but
this is a bit out of line.<<

HunterGreen:
Well, for one thing, the love potion was not only used against Harry 
(though it was Ron who ended up afflicted by it), but against Tom 
Riddle Sr.. What would you call the use of it in that situation? 
Dumbledore theorized she used it instead of imperious because it 
seemed "more romantic", the underlying conclusion being that it is on 
the same level as using the imperio spell on someone to get them to 
do what you want. Now if what you want is sex, which is what the 
potion did lead to in the Riddle situation, what would you call that? 
Its certainly not consensual. 

Romilda was probably just thinking of having Harry walk around arm-in-
arm with her and perhaps kiss her, and not want it to go any further, 
but the casual use of something so powerful (as we saw when Ron used 
it), is rather frightening. Imagine how humiliating it would be for 
Harry when he came to his senses if he had actually ate one of those 
chocolates, especially if he had sat there making out with her in 
front of everyone (who would not necessarily know that he was not in 
his right mind). The love potion, in my mind, is a *very* serious 
potion to slip to someone, and in the hands of someone older or with 
less self-control (like Merope Gaunt) it would become a date-rape 
drug. 

-Rebecca / HunterGreen
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