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. > > > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
