Rape is Rape. Every time.

I read an article from the Albuquerque Journal entitled; “Rebranding of ‘rape’ minimizes serious problem.” I entirely agree. Of course, lots of snarky equivalents come to mind like, non-consensual loss of life, non-consensual reassignment of property and non-consensual physical injury. Those phrases are descriptions of murder, theft and assault. Exchanging a word with a description …