Although I'm not able to read MsWhiskerson's posts, I guess the content...
Since humans descend from animals, it is worth looking at the animal world, as sexual violence or coercion against females by males of the species occurs there as well. However, animals possess no moral or cultural concept of "shame," "honor," or "guilt.", so the social ostracism or stigmatization of victims of sexual violence - which unfortunately occurs in human societies - does not exist in the animal kingdom. If a female becomes pregnant or gives birth following forced mating, she continues to be treated as a full member of the group; indeed, in many socially complex animal societies, the community responds not with exclusion, but with support for the affected female.
I do not ask myself why the male side of society continues to arrogate to itself the 'right' to rape girls and women (after all, it is not without reason said that they 'turn into animals' in the process); rather, I ask myself why culture, morality, and knowledge tend to ostracize/stigmatize the victims of rape.



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