"My aunt, who is a psychiatrist in Manchester, UK, and specialises in dealing with sexually abused and rape victims, tells me that physically, a rape victim heals rapidly, but the mental and emotional damage does not. The sense of shame, hurt, betrayal, depression, nightmares and even sexual dysfunction can continue for years. If sex was just another act, why such deep trauma?"
Thats because of the society we live in. If animals had all the rules in place, if they understood that forced sex was rape and the feelings they had were wrong, would they also do it as freely?
We are brought up in a society which has over centuries predefined what is right or wrong. Also if you look at it rules are made not for prevention but mostly as a reaction to an incident. So our rules tended to be like the tightening knot..the more we struggle the tighter it binds us.
So if you look at the inhibitions most of it is in our minds and in our thoughts because we decided to be civilized and not animals :)
