SRS - I don't even know who Susan Miller is, so I can't be accused of spouting her dogma. You are making some pretty big assumptions.

I'm sorry that you experienced rape and I'm sorry I misread your post. I think its rather obvious that, "politically and socially it doesn't get interpreted as the same thing as the circumstances vary,"

What threw me off was when you said, "...they are on a different level, evoking a different response."

I don't think they are on a 'different level' at all. They may evoke a different response from the public but the 'level' of the crime is the same. Rape is rape. I am sure you know this.