Talk:Folterseele/@comment-50.184.93.150-20150405001142/@comment-77.177.205.139-20170912172320

It is said to be a defense mechanism.

So, they could, you know, just reproduce with men who aren't rapists. (I assume the "sexually attracted" thing is an euphemism for "wanting to rape", as otherwise it makes no sense. Or perhaps the Grimm who wrote it just didn't know the difference, which is pretty horrifying but entirely plausible.)

I guess they stay away from men because if your body automatically kills the rapist, it is kinda hard to explain the rape away, so they'd be consciously aware of just how many men are rapists, and just how many men would rape women they allegedly love, which is truly heartbreaking.

(And it would be hard to explain the poisoned corpse to the police.)

IF we are to assume that their body does not react to the threat of violence, but really to sexual attraction, which would make no sense in evolution, then they could still reproduce with gay men who think of a man during the act. But that's a bit silly.

There's no reason why they should have evolved an automatic release of toxins in situations where they are happy and comfortable.