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From: lazarus@athena.mit.edu (Michael Friedman)
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Subject: Re: Rape a reproductive advantage?
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Date: 20 Jan 88 20:51:10 GMT
References: <517@gtx.com> <248@nancy.UUCP> <6852@ihlpa.ATT.COM> <144@blic.BLI.COM>
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In article <144@blic.BLI.COM> inspect@blic.BLI.COM (Mfg Inspection) writes:

>Whether it is rationalised as biological, hereditary, sociological,
>psychological, reproductive, dominating behaviour, or whatever, it [rape]
>is not justified. 

I don't think a single poster has said it was. What we have been
pointing out is that rape is evolutionarily advantageous and that is
why it occurs, not because of society or politics or male domination
of females.

>If rape is a reproductive advantage to the rapist in keeping his genes
>in the gene pool, then murder of the rapist is equally justifiable in
>keeping those same genes out of the pool. 

Definitely. What is more, I think that unlike rape, murdering rapists
is morally correct.






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of my organization. So, TOUGH!!