ravished beauties?… :: Essays On Attention Paid

as i read the caption of the Rubens rape painting i see a 400 year old patriarchal permission slip for rape, interpreted exactly that way by the relatively contemporary caption… the accompanying article was written by a man and published in the June 1977 issue of The UNESCO Courrier… it would not be until 1993 that the United Nations would issue a declaration on violence against women…