Note-Not meant to offend. This was written only as research for project I am working on. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Teasing and taunting <br />Taken just a little bit too far <br />Showing off just a little too much skin sometimes <br />Some men would say that it's a sin <br />It's not a crime <br />To punish or take the lady in question up on her offer <br />A twisted logic or the rantings of the insane? <br />What is it really? <br />When on a jury faced with this question <br />A man's life in the balance <br />How would you answer? <br />Do some women deserve to be raped? <br /> <br /> <br />What if she were his wife? <br />Legally, would that give him the right? <br />To claim her sexually <br />Whenever <br />Wherever he choose <br />Even if she said no? <br />Even if she did't want his carnal attentions? <br />Where and when should the line be drawn? <br />Man or woman? <br />To whom does the answer to this question really belong? <br />Is it really all so black and white? <br />Do some women really deserve to be raped? <br /> <br /> <br />What do you think? <br />What if it were your mother, sister, or aunt? <br />One who you knew always acted the whore before <br />Would you defend her honor or call forth her lack of it? <br />Placing the blame of an awful crime on her shoulders <br />Ignoring her tears and her pleas <br />Judging her guilty for leading a once good man on <br />On down a devil's path to a cruel, cruel downfall of his life <br />Who would you say is the real victim? <br />Does it always have to be the man or can it sometimes be the fault of the <br /> weaker sex? <br />How would you answer this question if you were in the shoes of his wife or <br /> girlfriend? <br />Or even him? <br />On trial for your freedom? <br />How would you answer? <br />Guilty or innocent? <br /> <br /> <br />Do some women deserve to be raped? <br /> <br /> <br />2007 Ramona Thompson<br /><br />Ramona Thompson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-some-women-deserve-to-be-raped/
