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Reading Anne Perry's Midnight At Marble Arch. Victorian London-set mystery. At one point a society gentleman says, "But that sounds monstrous to me, callous and brutal. It is almost like consenting that rape is okay, by omission of defense."
Now, not that I disagree with the character's complaint. But what society dude of that era would've used that "rape is okay" phrasing? Especially given the construction of the sentence that precedes it.
Now, not that I disagree with the character's complaint. But what society dude of that era would've used that "rape is okay" phrasing? Especially given the construction of the sentence that precedes it.