If Rape Is So Despised, Why Is Rape So Widespread? (sex)

Sunstone · #1 10-10-2006, 06:05 AM

If rape is near universally considered a heinous crime, then why is rape so widespread and frequent? Why is there a worldwide epidemic of rape, and why is there little or no historical evidence that rape was any less frequent in the past than it is today?

retrorich · #2 10-10-2006, 06:13 AM

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If Rape Is So Despised, Why Is Rape So Widespread?

Probably because most rapists are mentally ill people who actually dispise themselves.

Sunstone · #3 10-10-2006, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by retrorich

Probably because most rapists are mentally ill people who actually dispise themselves.

But worldwide, aren't most rapists soldiers, militiamen, or armed thugs who are no more mentally ill than anyone else?

Jayhawker Soule · #4 10-10-2006, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Sunstone

If rape is near universally considered a heinous crime, then why is rape so widespread and frequent?

Define frequent. Define widespread. It is self evident that the rapist does not consider it a heinous crime and/or does not find that such a consideration dissuasive.

The question is right up there with: if sugar is universally considered nutritionally problematic, why are there so many cookies?

Sunstone · #5 10-10-2006, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay

Define frequent. Define widespread. It is self evident that the rapist does not consider it a heinous crime and/or does not find that such a consideration dissuasive.

The question is right up there with: if sugar is universally considered nutritionally problematic, why are there so many cookies?

Do you think humans are genetically predisposed towards rape?

Bouncing Ball · #6 10-10-2006, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sunstone

If rape is near universally considered a heinous crime, then why is rape so widespread and frequent?

Because sex is known as delicious and not everybody holds the same value as taking it.

Sunstone · #7 10-10-2006, 06:33 AM

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Because sex is known as delicious and not everybody holds the same value as taking it.

Do you think the behavior of rape has a genetic componet? Is it, in effect, a reproductive strategy?

MysticSang'ha · #8 10-10-2006, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sunstone

If rape is near universally considered a heinous crime, then why is rape so widespread and frequent? Why is there a worldwide epidemic of rape, and why is there little or no historical evidence that rape was any less frequent in the past than it is today?

Rape is a form of violence, and violence is a tool used by the powerful to subdue the exploited. Worldwide, women and children are most exploited because of their low status overall in different cultures.

Peace,
Mystic