re: #118 Obdicut
Rape and sexual assault has been an endemic problem for all of human history.
I don’t think that making sexuality into a ‘commodity’ has much to do with it. It’s more the whole ‘celebrating violent male sexuality’ problem, and ‘treating women who complain of rape like whores’ problem.
All true.
But I was careful to note that devaluing sexuality is a contributory and not the only factor.
As the father of a daughter I can tell you I was astounded at some of the things I heard as she was growing up. Kids as young as 12-13 were engaging in sex and within a few years, some girls used sex to secure dates, etc.