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The Power Of Rape In The Patriarchal Society

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Rape is about power. The power possessed by a large group is often used as a tool to dominate a small group. Some studies have shown that the perpetrators of rape always think that they are “superior” to rape victims (The Brisbane, “Politics of Rape”; Knowles, 1; Clark University, “A Definition of Rape”). With superiority, dominance and power, the rapists think that they have the right to control the victims. From that perspective, I view rape is not just a tool to search for sexual gratification but about domination and power. In a society, there is always the dominance of unequal power, especially on gender, which is happening within patriarchal society and matriarchal society. In a patriarchal society men are the center of social and cultural systems, while in a matriarchal society women have more power to control their own life and the society (Dickel, “Patriarchy and Matriarchy”). However, some people may still agree that rape is essentially about gender inequality. Therefore, rape is always associated with male-dominated society, where men have more power to control over women. Although rape is resulted from the gender inequality, people seem to ignore that there are cases where rape is also happening within matriarchal societies.
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) societies in Bangladesh and the Meghalaya people in India are categorized as minority groups, who are often dominated by the majority group of their country. The CHT society is an indigenous-minority group of

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