At 08:28 PM Sunday 6/12/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 6/11/2005 5:52:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Castration does not stop rapists. Rape is typically a crime of
> >>power/violence. People who have been chemically castrated have
> >>subsequently raped women. I won't go into detail about how they could
> >>do
> >>it, but it should be obvious.
How often do castrated men actually commit rape? Is there really any data on
this? I ask because the equation of rape and power is usually not questioned.
The notion that rape is about power and violence was proposed in the 60s by
Susan Brownmiller (sp). It has recently been challenged by Randy
Thornhill. He
points out that the rape= power formula would predict that rape should be
seen
in all adult men and that rape should be directed at all woman. The reality
is that rape is almost exclusively commited by young men and upon young
women.
Thornhill proposes that rape is about sex. (duh). Young men who do not think
they have a chance to succeed wihtout coercion use force. At some level they
are trying to procreate. Although this is by an large an unsuccessful
strategy
it may seem atractive if the man thinks he has no chance of succeeding in any
other way.
How does procreation have to do with homosexual rape among prisoners and
how to prevent it, which is what this discussion was originally about?
-- Ronn! :)
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