The answer is 'yes'. More to the point, its not even always considered evil, though unpleasant. There is a degree of subjectivity here. If you are performing anact that you know to be morally wrong, chaos can enter into you. If you know that what you are doing is right, then obviously its not chaotic.
Compare Urain. Urain is a god of violence and killing for its own sake, a chaotic god. Does this mean that violence and killing is chaotic? No. Does this mean if you are violent and kill you can become chaotic? Sure. Because if you start to enjoy it for its own sake, and attack people for no reason, the knowledge that that is wrong lets chaos into your heart.
Attitudes to rape in Glorantha should be much like the attitudes to rape in ancient societies, though probably tempered with modern attitudes a bit in practice. WHich is that sometimes, its a hideous crime, but at other times, its vicious and mean but not necessarily criminal. Like killing people.
Now, I am sure there are people in Glorantha for whom rape is always considered chaotic and evil. But there are probably some for whom its acceptable (some parts of the Kingdom of War, for example). Gloranthan societies should have the same variance in attitudes that real world societies have, even when it is unpleasant.
Cheers David ------------------------------
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