Were the majority of men in “olden times” up for rape whenever the opportunity presented itself, or is this just made up for the sake of drama in period pieces?

by MeekoLovesBaloo

Sorry for the use of “olden times” but I really do mean anything set in the West from, say, the Middle Ages until the 19th Century. There’s rape everywhere. Accurate?

mimicofmodes

This submission has been removed because it is soapboxing or moralizing: it has the effect of promoting an opinion on contemporary politics or social issues at the expense of historical integrity. There are certainly historical topics that relate to contemporary issues and it is possible for legitimate interpretations that differ from each other to come out of looking at the past through differing political lenses. However, we will remove questions that put a deliberate slant on their subject or solicit answers that align with a specific pre-existing view.