Castrating rapists anyone?

Liberty doesn't mean to be a weak coward when it comes to dealing out justice. Liberty isn't letting bad people get away with doing bad stuff.

 

Then don't castrate in those cases, simply. yes it's cruel and barbaric, but they brought it upon themselves for being so onto others. retribution.

 

Indeed, I think there has to be some kind of torture part before they are executed. can't leave that out.

 

Take the high ground and tell me you're kidding.

 

eye for an eye, torture for torture.

 

Would you consider rape as a form of punishment? Or as part of a prison sentence?

 

chemical castration does not mean pouring acid on his balls. It means giving him anti-testosterone medication. Personally I favor the acid on the balls method for rapists

 

Move to North Korea.

 

So how would removing their penis help?
It's not a sexual crime, remember?

 

Why not on the face? Does your desire to pour acid on rapists balls come from the belief that testosterone causes rape?

 

I've noticed that right wingers and conservatives have a need for revenge cloaked as punishment and they always want big Govt to extract that revenge for them.
Odd.

 

It has nothing to do with sex - it is about POWER, like American Republicanism, which was castrated years since by McCarthy.

 

maybe we can just convince some women who may like sex a lot and not need any raping at all, to simply wear certain clothing and insist they know what nice girl friends should always be good for?

 

Punishments for rape are already more severe compared to other violent crimes, with the exception of murder. In fact, most people would rather been raped than spend many years in prison, so even according to harsh eye for an eye morality rape is punished maybe more than the original crime is worth. There is really no argument to support some of the crazy ideas floating in this thread, and they are just an example of an empty moral panic, IMHO.

The best prevention for any crime, including rape, is high certainty of conviction. The magnitude of punishment is mostly irrelevant after some rather low threshold.

 

no, I think that would complicate things. but if they're indirectly raped by other inmates I don't care.

 

How would it help to not remove it?

It helps a bit, and it's symbolic. And, if tendency to rape is somehow genetic we'll slowly eradicate it.

 

To the extent rape is not considered sex, it may be a considered an outlet for human expression; such as frustration.

 

The problem with these harsh irreversible sentences that some people are advocating is that without signs of violence lack of consent is almost impossible to prove.

 

How can you castrate a female who rapes a male?

 

Or a child. Female pedophilia is not as rare as some think.

 

Rape is rape no matter which sex is committing it. And it does happen more then most people will acknowledge and it can have long lasting mental damage as well. My main point is that if your going to hold men to a certain standard when imposing punishment, then women likewise need to be held to the same standards. Hence my initial question.

http://www.feministcritics.org/blog/2009/01/05/can-women-rape-men-rp/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/01/women-raping-men-a-surviv_n_2224204.html

http://pjmedia.com/blog/ask-dr-helen-can-a-man-be-raped-by-a-woman/