The final, and quite arguably the most effective and worthy point working against an explanation of rape in the lens biological essentialism is the rape of individuals who are not able to reproduce. Since Thornhill and Palmer’s central claim of an evolutionary adaptation for rape is that an individual desires to sire as many children as possible, then why are those who cannot reproduce raped? According to RAINN, of all reported sexual assault cases, 15% of victims are under the age of 12. Furthermore, of said juvenile victims, 82% are females, whereas the remaining are boys. Also, in 1995, local child protection services acknowledged 126,000 children were victims of either reoccurring or instantaneous sexual abuse. Of this sizeable sum of
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It is not fair to assume that all men have no choice behind their genetics and that they all have innate tendencies to rape simply because they are men. Rape is not a natural aspect of every day life, and it is definitely not happening because men are being men. It is occurring because our society shade and protect the rapists who commit the crime and choose to assume that there are no societal influences. It is the actual truth that rape culture exists and it is causing our environment to internalize and normalize the horrifying act. Attributing rape to genes is creating a shroud under which the criminals are hiding, as they are not being held accountable for their immoral, selfish, and terrible actions. Rape will always be traced back to a motive to exert power over the victim and a grandiose sense of entitlement in the criminal. The only way to completely obliterate rape from our culture is to teach boys not to rape and to empower bystanders. It is quite simple. Instead of focusing our collective energy attempting to find answers to scientifically explain the futility of fixing rape, let us expend energy on creating educational programs to protect potential victims of
It is not fair to assume that all men have no choice behind their genetics and that they all have innate tendencies to rape simply because they are men. Rape is not a natural aspect of every day life, and it is definitely not happening because men are being men. It is occurring because our society shade and protect the rapists who commit the crime and choose to assume that there are no societal influences. It is the actual truth that rape culture exists and it is causing our environment to internalize and normalize the horrifying act. Attributing rape to genes is creating a shroud under which the criminals are hiding, as they are not being held accountable for their immoral, selfish, and terrible actions. Rape will always be traced back to a motive to exert power over the victim and a grandiose sense of entitlement in the criminal. The only way to completely obliterate rape from our culture is to teach boys not to rape and to empower bystanders. It is quite simple. Instead of focusing our collective energy attempting to find answers to scientifically explain the futility of fixing rape, let us expend energy on creating educational programs to protect potential victims of