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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: castration, rape, legal system, net.women, ad nauseum
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Date: Thu, 15-Nov-84 11:31:33 EST
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I suspect that castration and other such mutilation will only encourage
further violence.  By angering men who already feel resentment against
women, castrating rapists (especially with the current unlikelihood
of being caught and convicted) would be likely to increase the rape
rate.

		-Ed