rape was Love Potions (was: Re: Fred and George)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 136856

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "susanmcgee48176" 
<Schlobin at a...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > >Susan McGee:
> > >The person who gave the love potion would not be a rapist 
unless 
> > they
> > >engaged in sexual contact/intercourse with the person to whom 
they
> > >gave the love potion...it's unethical, and it's wrong, but 
there's
> > >another step to rape.
> > 
> > a_svirn:
> > And why do you think "the person who would give the love potion" 
> > would give it in the first place? To find out which smell you 
find 
> > attractive?
> 
> So that the person would pay attention to them, take them to a 
party 
> where you would earn the admiration of your friends for capturing 
the 
> attention of the most admired boy in the school...again, not 
everyone 
> who puts a love potion in someone's drink will then decide to 
force 
> them into sex (for force it would be). 
> 
> Susan

Oh, well, this is of course one way of putting it. I agree that 
Romilda wanted to be seen as the chosen one of the "Chosen One" and 
along with the rest of the female Hogwarts population yearned to be 
invited to the Slug-club party. But what it is about "capturing the 
attention of the most admired boy?" Surely, an understatement? You 
don't feed the "admired boy" aphrodisiac to capture his "attention". 
You do it to degrade him to a state of a sexual slave first and 
foremost, although an invitation to a party is certainly an added 
bonus. 

Of course, you can argue that Romilda Vane, being in her early 
teens, probably did not foresee all the ramifications of her 
actions. She certainly does not come across as a particularly bright 
individual. Yet neither she looks particularly innocent. An actual 
state of her virginity notwithstanding, she is apparently obsessed 
with sex (and considering the question about tattoos in its more 
kinky variety).