TL, please. If Paglia doesn't think that rape is to be particularly condemned, then why did she single it out from other forms of assault? Regarding your elsewhere, it's invalid to offer a single example as representative of the whole. And it's the whole I'm speaking of.

Right or wrong, I believe gender roles are a mutual construct. Men and women tend to unconsciously assume roles which, in the circumstances, favour the survival our species. Homo sapiens would've gone extinct long ago without that trait. As external influences change, so will men and women try to adapt their roles to optimize survival.

If feminists want men to be less violent, they should do two things. First they should emphasize that no gender may resort to violence. Second they should acknowledge that men and women equally own the problem.