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To: AnalogReigns
I think only in the modern Western/Judeo-Christian world did we develop effective laws against rape (going back into the Old Testament, actually)—making the world safe for everyone.

Unfortunately, the OT laws involving rape make it quite clear it was primarily viewed as a property crime against the woman's owner, reducing her financial value, for which he was compensated.

Slightly better than the way women are treated in the Koran, but not a great deal.

44 posted on 03/30/2011 2:03:56 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

The punishment for rape in the O.T. was death for the rapist, if the rape occurred outside a city, where if the woman cried out, no one could hear her.

If they were inside the city and she didn’t cry out, it was called adultery and both were condemned. It was assumed that if she cried out inside the city, someone would come to her defense.


59 posted on 03/30/2011 2:39:34 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Of course Obama loves his country. The thing is, Sarah loves mine.)
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