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Is it weird that I find the rape scenes erotic...


Of all the rape scenes in this movie, I find them disturbing, and erotic at the same time..Especially the billy boy rape scene and the singing in the rain scene...At first I find them really disturbing, and then I keep watching them and they turn me on in a weird way..Is it because of the music, the tone, or the great bodies of the rape victims, I don't know..

Great movie by Kubrick though, very thought-provoking and gives an insight to the dark nature of society..9/10.

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the rape/attempted rape scenes are not very realistic and just look choreographed and inhuman to me, but I suppose that was the desired effect.

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Yes it definitely has a eerie and erotic feeling to it, for some reason I find it very titilating..

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I thrink Kubrick deliberately tried to make the sex and mayhem in this film attractive to highlight the hypocrisy of the establishment figures in the film going on and on about how normal people react to such scenes with revulsion.

Also, I like the reaction shot of the prison guard to the girl in the demo scene.

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No, it's not weird if you're a man.

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Do all men get aroused in the rape scenes or is it just me?? I'm kinda confused on whether the rape scenes to arouse or disturb..

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Sometimes I skip past the rape scenes, other times I take it all in. I dont really enjoy them but sadly rape is a part of human nature whether we like it or not.

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It's weird, sometimes I get really disturbed by the rape scenes and I felt sick like Alex later did, but other times I kinda felt a vibe of porn in the rape scenes and I jerked off to them, especially in the Billy boy rape scene. The rape victim's got such a hot body and the way they moved her around with her boobs jiggling, and her screaming kinda sounds like moaning, it turns me on...Other times I felt sick and felt for the poor beautiful girl who had all her clothes taken off in such a cold weather..It's just weird I felt both feelings a lot of times..

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I'm sure the guys 'acting' in that scene enjoyed their job a lot more than we viewers enjoy watching their 'work', but I agree even if the actress was an exhibitionist, it could not have been much fun her being naked in winter when they shot this.

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Seeing naked flesh is a turn on for many men, whether it's eroticised or not, which it certainly isn't in this movie. Had Stanley Kubrick focused less on breasts and vagina and more on the victims' reactions to rape, it would be much more horrific in my opinion.

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Whatever floats your boat, I'd say. As long as all involved are into it... :)

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