Weekly Response 4/11--Kellen Gable

Debra Anne Davis' "Betrayed by the Angel: What Happens When Violence Knocks and Politeness Answers?" talked about her rape when she was twenty-five and the things she thought during and after it happened. She talked about the urge to be polite even though a stranger had knocked on her door and forced himself into her home. This urge stems from what society had taught her about being a woman and about being demure and polite all the time because that is the way women are meant to be. She even mentions that she felt a little ashamed for insulting him by being "rude" for trying to push him away. She is almost victim blaming herself because she does not feel anger at him for essentially breaking into her home and raping her. And he knew what he was doing was rape (he mentioned getting prison time for it) and I think that makes it even worse. He knew that he was in the wrong and that he was doing something criminal but he still felt entitled to do it. Rape seems to stem from the sense of entitlement men have in life. Entitlement to have and do anything they want because they are men.