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From: cmgiuliani@watrose.UUCP (cmgiuliani)
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Subject: Re: Punishments for Rape
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Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 00:51:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 00:51:22 1984
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Let repeat my question about castration as a punishment for rape.  What is
the purpose??  Is it to prevent further rape by the offender, or as just
a punishment for the sake of punishment??? 

If castration is proposed to reduce the likelihood of repeat offences, and
if rape is an act of violence rather than sex, maybe castrated offenders 
will just beat people up (women and/or others) instead of raping them.  
I don't consider that to be much of a solution.

Surely even if castration reduces the sex drive, it does not reduce the 
urge to violence?  (Actually, I must note here that there has been one
article suggesting that the general reduction in many hormones may indeed
reduce violent tendencies.. in that case I would recommend castration for
*all* violent crimes ... but what about violent female offenders??)

                     Carlo @ the U of Waterloo