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Just what the title says. Rapist are the lowest form of life. Subhuman. I honestly and passionately believe they should be castrated.
So a guy who makes one err in judgement should be treated like a serial child molester? This is kind of like how we have manslaughter laws and murder laws. Theres a distinct difference in intent and likelihood to reoffend and comparable punishments varying from none to the death penalty.
What planet do you live on? How could you possibly consider rape an err (sic) in judgement? It is a violent crime that can only happen by intent.
"Oops, sorry girly, I raped you by accident." Get a fucking grip.
Rape is a trauma for the girl that can ruin her whole life, destroy good marriages and families. Castration is letting the guy off easy, IMO. A long, slow, painful death would be my suggestion.
Actually if you look into it there's a pretty big gray area as to what is considered rape. And theres an obvious difference in forcible violent rape and statutory or intoxicated rape. There is many men and women who are legitimately unclear when sexual assault occurs (between adults). It is completely unfair to treat a violent forcible rapist the same as a person who honestly had no clue he/she was offending the other party and upon being educated would never offend again.
Again, how can you say that "person who honestly had no clue he/she was offending the other party"? Being drunk is no excuse for a guy, any more than killing with a vehicle when drunk.
If a guy knows a girl is underage (and how many really don't?) then it's certainly no mistake.
No, I'm sorry, I just cannot accept that rape could ever be an accident and IMO the penalty should be as severe as the damage to the victim.
If you can't keep the damn thing in your pants until it is wanted, then you shouldn't be allowed to play with it at all.
Intent. Seriously. There is people who go around imtentionally or knowingly raping others and there is people who legitimately get caught in a gray area where there was no intent to rape, no desire to, but it falls into a gray unconsensual area. The same as where a drunk may drive and cause an accident but not intend murder whereas hiring a hitman to carry out the same death is not the same. Clearly we do not and should not treat intentional the same as accidental.
Do you mean as a punishment / state-sanctioned revenge?
Because it isn't a guarantee that they won't reoffend, just because they're castrated.
As for "rapists are the lowest form of life", I'd say murderers, especially serial murderers and spree killers, are lower. Seems irrational to me to think otherwise :/
Some people deserve to be murdered. I can't imagine why anyone would deserve to be raped.
"I can't imagine why anyone would deserve to be raped."
You could argue a rapist deserves to raped, no? Although I wouldn't support state-sanctioned rape.
Rape takes someone's dignity, their sense of security, their trust in people, their sexual confidence etc. but leaves the victim with a life still to live.
Murder takes everything. It's the ultimate theft. Once you're dead, there's no coming back, no chance for reparation or the chance to build (rebuild) a good, joyful life. Far worse in my opinion.
Put simply, I'd rather be raped than murdered. I'd rather anybody I love be raped than murdered.
Uh, just a sec here, friend. A castrated male loses all sex drive and to the best of my recollection, the ability to get an erection. Without those two things, I can't imagine rape is a possibility.
Never heard of digital rape or rape with an object? Common and well-documentd. Anyway, just as other male animals often don't entirely lose their sex drive if castrated into adulthood, neither do human males.
"A castrated male loses all sex drive and to the best of my recollection, the ability to get an erection"
Nope - this isn't true. The removal of the testes renders the male infertile, and leads to a reduction in testosterone production. But there is no guarantee they will lose their sex drive, be rendered impotent (incapable of achieving erection) or be incapable of orgasm.
I'm not saying there wouldn't be a reduction in sex drive, and possibly a reduction in sexual offences. Just that it isn't some magic cure for sex offenders, and it's dangerously naive to think so.
You mean all those eunuch guards in the sheik's harem were capable of getting it on with those harem girls? Somebody had better tell the sheik, eek!
Interesting note; In 1778, Thomas Jefferson wrote a bill in Virginia reducing the punishment for rape, polygamy or sodomy from death to castration.
Another;
Don Grubin, a professor at Newcastle University's Institute of Neuroscience who also runs a chemical castration program backed by the U.K.'s Ministry of Justice, was initially opposed to physical castration. After visiting the Czech Republic, however, he agreed that some form of castration might be of benefit to some sex offenders
The eunuchs were castrated at puberty not as fully developed adults and even then are reputed to have been capable of impregnating women. They were certainly capable of non-penetrative sex with the harem slaves and some were highly sought after by women for their skills.
I think a very lengthy prison sentence should be enough, because the person can be rehabilitated and have potential for some good later on. Also by the time they leave prison, they can be quite old... less libido.
Nah. They just need to get raped by those bigger than them. Unless they're true sadists/repeat offenders, a bit of severe trauma (brought on by their ugly crime) ought to knock them out of their horrid behavior.
I think they should be locked in a cage for everyone to see and forced to starve to death.
Castration wouldn't stop a rapist. You need a total removal of all genetalia, not just the testicles, and unfortunately there is more than one way to skin a cat. Not all child molesters and rapists use their dick. Special cases deserve special attention OFF WITH HIS HANDS!
Sorry, but I disagree with you completely. I don't think rapists are evil usually. They just have zero self-control, coupled with strange fantasies and a need to dominate. Do we need to keep these dangerous people away from society? Heck yes! Do we need to hate them cruely or punish them violently? Of course not, you vengeful a-hole!
Since when are rapists the lowest form of life? Ever hear of murderers, people that take your life and leave you with ZERO chances at happiness? Rape can ruin someone's life too, but at least the people you love still have you and you have a chance to conquer what happened to you and become strong and successful. When you're dead? No chance. I'm sure any victim of rape would gladly sever her/his rapist's genitals him/herself, but it sounds to me like you're just being a man-hater, whether you're a man or a woman yourself.
I say, hate the crime, not the criminal. Everyone deserves mercy and a second chance, but the public deserves to be safe. The compromise is what most modern sovereign states have as punishment/rehabilitation: incarceration. Take your torture and death penalty back to the middle ages!
I'm amazed that I have to be the first to raise the issue of wrongful conviction: considering how many prisoners on US death rows have been found to be innocent, I don't see how anyone can support either the death sentence or castration.
I'm a survivor of child sexual abuse and rape and although I've often fantasised doing a bit of castration followed by slow torture and death, I've decided the best revenge is surviving and creating a full and happy life: hasn't been easy with the rapist still living in the same town but I've done it and I'm proud of that.
I am a survivor of abuse male I certainly agree something extreme needs to be done to a rapist as it is the lowest form of forced sex on an women: I don't condone or excuse it: Castration not so sure but I would like to see the rapist tortured in those parts for a period of time once he is caught: A whipping once a month in a public place would warn off would be rapist's no mercy for such in human action
Maybe not, but does it actually work? I have no evidence to back this up, but given that rape isn't only sexual but also or mainly about power and control, I don't see how the lack of an erection or even lack of sexual desire would make much difference to the rapist's behavior.
If he's motivated by a desire to have power over and control another person and a sense of entitlement to whatever he wants or thinks he needs or must have from a woman or a child, I reckon he'd easily find another way to get what he wants at the expense of whomever he can victimise ........... a predator is a predator is a predator ..........
Meeeeeeeeh, no. I could see it going down the "You thieved? Off with your hand!" route.
Rapists are douches, but I personally think that prison should be used to try change criminals and make them different people.
It could be useful as an option for serial offenders, those with a compulsion to rape and those who are high risk to rape children. In fact theres many in those categories that desire castration for themselves. For the average rapist I tend to agree with you that it's highly inappropriate to permanantly castrate. It certainly shouldn't be the go-to response for every rapist but it shouldn't be completely off the table for everyone.
Child molesters/rapists are the lowest life forms. Then comes regular rapists. The castration should be chemical based and without anaesthesia. This is how it is done in North Korea.
Child molesters aren't human. They are monsters. It disturbs me that you don't want them to endure punishment worthy of their crimes. Who cares about their politics? At least they know how to keep monsters in line.
Except child molesters are human.
Dehumanising someone, painting them as a monster deserving of slaying, is a way people try and avoid the harshness of reality and justify cruel and inhumane punishments.
Not saying that castration (chemical or permanent) for repeat offenders wouldn't necessarily be appropriate, though. It's an interesting idea.
But I think any decision to allow a government to undertake these sort of punishments HAS to be made without any hysteria or heightened emotion, and has to be made with full consideration of the fundamental human rights of an individual as enshrined by international law.
Chemical castration is an injection of anti-androgen drugs. It's a normal sized shot that people can easily tolerate. It's not permanent and needs to be readministered every 3 months or so. Why would you think anesthesia is a factor here when we're talking about a normal sized injection? Seems you're quite uninformed honestly. What did you think, chemical castration is sticking a guys balls in a vat of acid? Haha. Hahahahaha.
Yes. It a shame that they don't pour acid on them. I originally was told that it was administered without anesthesia.
North Korea has state-sanctioned prostitutes (much like the 'comfort women' of Japan during WW2) who are forced to provide sexual gratification for high-ranking officials.
Using the NK system as any kind of template for how to punish sex criminals is hilarious.