Why do men rape?

a-man-from-earth · 2021-03-01T18:01:20+00:00

Men don't rape. The suggestion is misandrist.

There are some people who cross boundaries of consent and commit rape. This is not limited to a specific gender, and to suggest that it does is sexist.

2021-03-02T04:24:47+00:00

Dunno, why do women rape?

Ok_Tie_8320 · 2021-03-01T19:34:24+00:00

Why do some* men rape

TintelFroot · 2021-03-02T09:11:42+00:00

Because women are legally protected from being labeled rapists.

That’s why I’m so proud that my country recently changed the definition of rape to be gender neutral.

Long_Cut_7015 · 2021-03-02T10:20:01+00:00

What a disgusting post, imagine someone posted "why black people rape ?" how would you react ??

Rape has no gender. educate yourself.

mewacketergi2 · 2021-03-01T21:55:20+00:00

If you want non-ideological answers to this, which I think you should, then go ask criminologists.

burninginthedistance · 2021-03-02T02:13:59+00:00

Women are obviously sex objects that you can decapitate and keep having sex with, so why not? /s

Shockingly, this is contradicted by the fact that rape is considered a horrific crime to do against women, and is sometimes said to be worse than death. You can even make the case that this viewpoint is sexist to women, that if they weren't treated so fundamentally different than men, that we would see their rape as wrong and a crime, but not some irreparable violation of their person that is unique to women. Unsurprisingly, women are not advocating to make rape seem less serious, they want it to be so deadly serious that any woman should be believed if they were brave enough to make such a claim, regardless of the circumstances.

Maephia · 2021-03-01T17:45:01+00:00

Sociopathy/Psychopathy. You cant really rape without one of these or judgment impairing substances. When you are numb to the suffering of someone such things are easy to fathom. But the average person isnt numb to such things so it's hard to picture such an act for most of them.

Multiman2000 · 2021-03-06T08:46:20+00:00

I'm going to leave a dry answer so as to overcome my knee-jerk reaction.

Why do rapists rape is a difficult enough question to answer. The other commenters are upset with a culture that sees the gendered nature of rape as being one of male perpetration.

The spectrum of male rape as the norm is based more on perception and definition setting than the actual reality of a place and time. The gender split may be 100-0 (when the law codifies a definition that states only men can rape). It may be 99-1 for convictions of rape (convicted rapists are a small fraction of all rapists). Once you look at victimization surveys, you notice that both the victimization rate and the gender split goes closer to 50-50.

Back to your post, I don't think men, including male rapists, think of rape as a non-crime. Most sex offenders* know that what they're doing is wrong. They don't do it out in the open. They wouldn't like if they themselves got assaulted. The error is failing to treat others as oneself would like to be treated.

*Some perpetrators of sexual assault don't know what they're doing is wrong. This is often true for many juvenile sex offenders. Keep in mind that most "young boys" don't know what rape is, or wouldn't even think of doing it. I don't think the culture instructs young boys to rape, but there are societal factors that lead a small minority of vulnerable boys and girls into becoming offenders. I don't know much about this topic, but there's been some excellent research on this. Check out this [TED talk\https://youtu.be/r4CIop1zlVM].

Back to your question, I assume that you presume that male rapists have different motives for female rapists. I have no idea if they're different, since I haven't read much on female rapists, but here's a tiny bit on motivations for rape.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/health/men-rape-sexual-assault.html https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00021369.1988.11005977%23:~:text%3DThe%2520main%2520motivation%2520for%2520rape,responsible%2520for%2520the%2520rapists%27%2520problems.&ved=2ahUKEwi-_8anp5vvAhURZc0KHX9HD1oQFjABegQIAhAG&usg=AOvVaw3h7AaD7Xbhv4SvooJK2A10 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_sexual_violence https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022427890027003002&ved=2ahUKEwi-_8anp5vvAhURZc0KHX9HD1oQFjAHegQIDBAC&usg=AOvVaw1lsqGRFGvbZEix2dWtSzlA&cshid=1615021403891

Maybe later I'll clean up the links.

goldenjuniper · 2021-03-01T20:33:10+00:00

Because biology has decreed that men are actors and women are acted upon.

It is inevitable that an actor is going to misunderstand what the recipient wants, and it's inevitable that the recipient will fail to fully communicate a lack of consent.

Blauwpetje · 2021-03-02T13:47:29+00:00

Most will be psychopaths. Some may be so desperate to have sex that they'll even choose the most immoral means for it. The only wrong answer is that they do it because society belittles the crime and we live in a rape culture.

Ombree123 · 2021-03-04T15:54:12+00:00

I think it's funny you're getting a lot of hate, but it's obviously something men tend to do more than women, and I'm also curious about the psychology behind it.

My_G_Zaha · 2021-03-02T11:08:38+00:00

"rape" is imo the same as fgm. From what the UK govt describes, both rape and fgm are forms of something bad, sexual assault and circumcision, that are specific to women. Rape can only really happen to women where i am from, but assault can happen to both men and women.

So men do rape, because some people rape. Women can sexually assault but it isnt always counted as rape

lalala477 · 2021-03-05T02:35:38+00:00

Ever heard of made to penetrate?

lalala477 · 2021-03-05T02:38:50+00:00

Actually no. 50% of DV is reciprocal and in 70% of non reciprocal DV women are aggressors. Even in reciprocal it’s usually the woman who strikes first

Title	Why do men rape?
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Date	March 1, 2021 5:39 PM UTC (5 years ago)
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