Because rape is hilarious unless a woman is involved...

[beeblez]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-klein30mar30,0,2240882.storyRead more... )

Comments

[fizzyland]

I think it reflects a hierarchical model of power that exists pretty much everywhere. I remember a biologist telling about bonobo chimps and how the alpha male sodomizes male members of the group, establishing his dominance.

This power differential expresses itself more physically in prison, where social norms drop to a base.