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From: alle@ihuxb.UUCP (Allen England)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Punishments for Rape
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 17:44:17 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 17:44:17 1984
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Castration (chemical or otherwise) will cause the subject to lose interest
in sex and also lose interest in raping someone.  Some rapists have
been shown to have an excess amount of a particular male hormone which
is believed to lead to the violent behavior.  Castrating the person
will stop the production of most male hormones.  Since the sex drive
is determined by the presence of these hormones, that will also stop.

As a side issue, about a year and a half ago, there was a well publicized
rape case in W. Germany.  The rapist had been castrated (I believe it was
surgical - not chemical).  Some number of years after the castration, he
was given male hormones.  Shortly after this, he raped a little girl
(around 10 yrs old, I think) and then murdered her.  What made the
case famous was that during the pre-trial hearing, the mother of the
little girl shot and killed the man.  End of case.  (Incidentally,
the mother got off with probation).

Allen
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