And so it becomes something unspeakable, unmentionable, invisible. Soon, Shakespeare's Rape of Lucretia will be banned from being prescribed in a literature course in case someone has been raped. If you have your way, the word "rape" may never be used in any plot line of any movie or play, lest someone in the audience has been raped. Where do you stop? Are only rape victims qualified to discuss it, or how it may be used as a metaphor. Yes, it is a horrific crime, but it becoming invisible as an act of violence is not a solution either.

Rape is also not limited to person on person violence. The term "rape and plunder" is accepted as an  apt description of what happens when a community is invaded by violent outsiders. A country can be raped too, as it is. And it may not recover so easily as you suggest. You're mistaken if you think it's just about money. South Africa , all our dreams and aspirations for it, may be lost to us forever. 

Thank you, Stent, for standing up.