I'm with you guys. I think they were making it look and feel a LOT like rape scene (or the beginnings of one). If Foyet was trying to refute the profile implying he was impotent (and I think that much is obvious) then all that "he just really likes stabbing as a metaphor" and "he was telling Hotch he was capable of having sex and expected Hotch to take his stabby word for it" just doesn't follow, as it would not alter the profile at all.
But, as someone else said, there are different definitions of rape or sexual violence. I have no doubts that Foyet was behaving sexually with Hotch, but that doesn't mean he had to take Hotch's clothes off to demean him sexually and prove that he (Foyet) could 'perform.'
It's an icky, squishy place that is broader and deeper than most definitions of what is and isn't rape. I have my doubts as to whether they'll 'go there' but I hope they do, because it could actually bring some awareness about male rape.
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Date: Sep. 26th, 2009 05:04 am (UTC)But, as someone else said, there are different definitions of rape or sexual violence. I have no doubts that Foyet was behaving sexually with Hotch, but that doesn't mean he had to take Hotch's clothes off to demean him sexually and prove that he (Foyet) could 'perform.'
It's an icky, squishy place that is broader and deeper than most definitions of what is and isn't rape. I have my doubts as to whether they'll 'go there' but I hope they do, because it could actually bring some awareness about male rape.