Edit: Forgot central point, which is that saying “men can’t be raped” is very different from saying “male rape victims don’t matter” The first is an argument about definition and perspective. The second blatantly contradicts the assertion that rape is wrong.
They’re not very different in how they are actually understood by listeners. The perceived differenced is based on a notion that humans consciously manipulate their mental categories by arbitrarily choosing explicit verbal definitions and that’s not the case.
They’re not very different in how they are actually understood by listeners. The perceived differenced is based on a notion that humans consciously manipulate their mental categories by arbitrarily choosing explicit verbal definitions and that’s not the case.