Rape Needs to be Taken More Seriously

Pro corrects my assumption that "there should be more awareness regarding the negative effects of rape on the victims" with: "People need to be aware of the seriousness of rape and the effects that come afterwards." It seems were on the same page. What Makes Them Tic? My conclusion is that increasing awareness of the negative after effects of rape is not the ideal course of action when attempting to deter the act of rape. My argument is that exposing potential or active rapists to stories of rape will likely only intensify their desire to realize their fantasies and or inspire them with knowledge they are not alone in their desires: > Dr. Gene Abel, a psychiatrist at Emory University, found that the more a rapist became aroused by scenes of forced sex, the greater the number of his victims, and the more physical injuries the victims were likely to have suffered. Also, Howard Barbaree, a psychologist at Queen's College in Kingston, Ontario, who is also director of a treatment program for sexual offenders, concluded that while non-rapists watched scenes of rape their sexual arousal declined immediately by around 50% upon switching to scenarios of forced sex, whereas convicted rapists did not decline, a percentage even showed markedly higher arousal levels. (1) 1)http://www.nytimes.com... Toxicity and Fruitlessness of an Angry Nation Consider also the fruitlessness of an angry nation, even if introducing the population more intimately with the atrocity of rape does reduce its frequency. Witch hunts and jury bias will come hand in hand ergo increasing the rate of violence against alleged perpetrators in spite of their innocence, the rate of false accusations as people take advantage of heavy national bias and thereby the success rate of false conviction. If an alternate solution without these risks is available, it should be utilized. Is There a Better Solution? A less risky and more effective strategy in combating the perpetration of rape is to equip victims with the necessary tools and knowledge to combat it, meanwhile making aware the progress of science toward understanding and reversing the desire to rape. For example, over 1/3 of rapes are perpetrated by intoxicated individuals, steering clear of these scenario will eliminate roughly 33% of all rapes. (2) In addition, perhaps state or federal funding of non-lethal but effective self defense weapons and training could be established for those fearful and or vulnerable to rape. In addition, this could create even more research opportunities for non-lethal defense which would be useful to law enforcement as well as citizens at risk. 2)U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics. 1998 Alcohol and Crime Study.1998. The Short Dress Undeniably, a rapist may crack for many reasons; whether it's an attempt to repair debilitating emasculation, out of pure lust perhaps alleged to have been set off by a short dress, a hatred of women, or perhaps just a pure arousal and desire to beget violence and humiliation. If Pro suggests that for any significant percentage of rapists, these "reasons" act as justification I'd say the burden of proof would be on Pro to prove the majority of rapists are more or less sitting in jail bewildered as to why they are there. Feeling similarly to how Pro or I would if we were arrested for breathing. Point is, it's unlikely, even if alleged by the rapist, that they actually think its totally OK while their victim lay crying, beaten, scarred and humiliated, without of course a uncommon and severe mental disorder. To conclude, I hold that rape is a tragic and horrendous thing and must be swiftly and effectively removed from society. Our proposed ways of dealing with the crisis of rape are simply different.