When the subject is rape and its cause, biological theories are usually overlooked, possibly because many lawyers are uncomfortable with science.
Every new idea is met with fear.
Take, for example, the recently published book outlining a new theory on the causes of rape. The idea challenges the widely accepted feminist theory that rape is about violence, not sex. Not surprisingly, the book has sparked some particularly vicious public debate. Some of the most vehement critics of the theory, however, don't attack the science behind it as much as they do its potential effects. Genetic defenses at trial will set rapists free, they predict.