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- From: scg@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Scott Goehring)
- Newsgroups: talk.rape
- Subject: Re: DanZ on what planet he's from ...
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- Date: 25 Jul 92 00:48:52 GMT
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- kimmyd@bnr.ca (Kimmy Posey P920) writes:
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- >My position is that if public execution would deter a large number of
- >rapes (which I think it would), then it is a practice we should
- >adopt.
-
- It won't. The problem with our society is not that the punishments
- for rape are too lenient (we'll put aside the common practice of
- plea-bargaining rapes down to lesser offenses), but rather that it is
- far too difficult to secure a rape conviction. The reasons behind all
- this are rather complex. A lot stems (IMHO) from a pair of
- deep-seated traditions in our society: one, women are to be treated as
- property, and two, women are less reliable than men. Top it off with
- a general reticence in our society to talk about sexuality, and you
- get the real problem: people are afraid, for whatever reason, to come
- forward when they are raped and report it; and, when they do, other
- people are unwilling to believe them.
-
- --
- "My TA wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer--overall, I'd say she's a few
- fries short of a Happy Meal."
- -- Comment on a course evaluation form, Brown University
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