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Hugo Paul's populist Cry Rape: Anatomy of the Rapist confidently told his readers that it was simply not possible for a single man to rape a resisting woman.He went further ,in fact ,declaring that even two men could not succeed 'without such use of and violence as to abolish the ment's desire and potency'. He elaborated in an arithmetic fashion:rape required a minimum of three men to take place,he finally calculated, because 'the average rapist is repelled by violence, especially themarking of the victim'.

What does 'marking' mean in this context?

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

I'm sorry, I have no idea. This idea is so repellent that I can barely stand to read it, so putting a lot of time into understanding what this deluded, wrong-thinking, and frankly, harmful man means is not something I want to do.

Avangi · Answer

Together with the word "violence," I think it would suggest tissue damage - cuts, bruises, abrasions, bleeding, etc.

Edit. I agree with GG, BTW. I think the best advice I ever heard is that the victim should vomit on the assailant.

The argument about desire and potency is unfortunately specious, as evidenced by the trauma often inflicted. Perhaps Hugo Paul needs to spend some time as an inmate in the women's jail.

I wonder where he got his statistics on the desire and potency of the average rapist?

Englishsz · Answer

Thanks! Avangi.

I found the following definition of 'mark' in the dictionary,

Sports To guard (an opponent), as in soccer

Is it correct in this sentence?

Avangi · Answer

Englishszrepelled by violence, especially themarking of the victim'.

I think the sports useage is quite special, and not in any way related to the marking mentioned in your original post, which is offered as an extreme example of violence. The soccer term describes a game strategy in which a player guards an opponent, presumably to prevent his making a winning play. I don't think bodily injury is deliberately inflicted.

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