A question of vital importance to society is to whom should concerned citizens attribute the overwhelming prevalence of sexual assault. Scientific and social researchers have done much in their fields to try and account for the prevalence of sexual assaults and to discover where their cause truly lies in the hopes that knowing this information can help us eliminate it from our society. The argument that men have a collective responsibility for rape is attractive, but perhaps it would be better suited to narrow this down to specific groups that contribute much to rape culture, such as repeat offenders, high-profile individuals (sports players and celebrities), and specific associations or organizations such as brotherhoods or fraternities.
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The first explanation discussed is that rape is prevalent due to an evolutionary advantage that males who raped and participated in sexual aggressiveness had over males who did not (May and Strikwerda 424). In addition to this, the Thornhills who researched this explanation promote a necessity for society, and especially feminists, to “get real about rape” and recognize that females hold the social cues that stimulate a rapist instinct in humans (425). What is remarkably unattractive about this stance is that it almost certainly blames victims of rape for an event that they most certainly did not intentionally advocate for. It also fails entirely to account for females that are offenders and not …show more content…
There are five possible categories that rape and male responsibility lie upon according to their thesis (May and Strikwerda 428). The first focuses on most perpetrators being men (428). The second focuses on some men contributing to the training of younger men as rapists (428). The third is largely questionable because it reasons that men, if their inhibitions against rape were removed, would rape (428). This argument could be made for many different actions, such as simple assault, becoming overweight, and murder. Just because the argument can be made does not mean it adds any significance to this matter over any other it could also be used
The first explanation discussed is that rape is prevalent due to an evolutionary advantage that males who raped and participated in sexual aggressiveness had over males who did not (May and Strikwerda 424). In addition to this, the Thornhills who researched this explanation promote a necessity for society, and especially feminists, to “get real about rape” and recognize that females hold the social cues that stimulate a rapist instinct in humans (425). What is remarkably unattractive about this stance is that it almost certainly blames victims of rape for an event that they most certainly did not intentionally advocate for. It also fails entirely to account for females that are offenders and not …show more content…
There are five possible categories that rape and male responsibility lie upon according to their thesis (May and Strikwerda 428). The first focuses on most perpetrators being men (428). The second focuses on some men contributing to the training of younger men as rapists (428). The third is largely questionable because it reasons that men, if their inhibitions against rape were removed, would rape (428). This argument could be made for many different actions, such as simple assault, becoming overweight, and murder. Just because the argument can be made does not mean it adds any significance to this matter over any other it could also be used