Should rapists be castrated? I examine the question in different countries and continents in this essay (some of the available data may surprise you) just out on Aljazeera, concluding that the only enduring solution to this heinous crime is community organization and empowerment of women: As a social malaise, rape could not have a single mode of prevention, solution or punishment fair and applicable across the board. Circumstances and vulnerability of young women to such predatory violence vary. But certain credible statistics point to the social condition in which the crime actually takes place. According to one report, 99 percent of people who rape are men, between 62 percent and 84 percent of survivors knew their attacker, and 42 percent of rape survivors told no one about the rape. These and many similar factors all point to the critical significance of familial and communal vigilance combined with radical educational reform openly addressing the severity of the crime.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:44:43 +0000