Do drunken rapists have much control over what they did?

Question

I've never been drunk so I do not know how much control I would have to stop myself from doing something so terrible and disgusting.
+Do you think that rapists who were drunk at the time of incident should be given less of a sentence?

Answer 1

I think regardless of sobriety, a rapist is a rapist.

Answer 2

Being drunk is not an excuse to get by with rape, or any other crime for that matter. If it was, the prisons would be empty except for pot-heads.

Oh, so they are! My bad!

Seriously, rape is arguably the worst crime that a person can commit. And if a man is truly that drunk, he cannot get or maintain a proper erection, despite what a lot of lying little braggarts will try to tell you. It's not impossible, just very improbable.

No, if they were drunk during the crime, I think they should be given a much stiffer sentence. I assure you, if found guilty, they surely will in prison.

Answer 3

As a first class pisshead in my younger days I can state categorically that I always knew exactly what I was doing.
Some things I did when reviewed in the cold light of day, may not have been such a good idea or had the effect I had hoped for, but they were of an happy, mischievous nature, not malicious.

Therefore the rapist is a rapist however much he has drunk.

Answer 4

I do think they are in control, even if slightly altered. And those who were drunk should not be given any less a sentence, the resulting harm to the victim is the same regardless of the rapist's sobriety. Besides, the rapist got drunk voluntarily...

Answer 5

I honestly think that it doesn't matter how drunk a decent person got he would never commit rape.
If the urge is not there already then it will take more than alcohol to put it there.
Any man who rapes regardless of whether he was drunk or not still violated another human being & the punishment should be the same, sober or drunk.

Answer 6

Of course they do and no they shouldn't be given less of a sentence! If that happened all these pervs who had the intention of raping would go and get drunk first intentionally so to avoid longer sentences! What a silly question. When you're drunk you know what you're doing it's just a bit blurry and you lose your inhibitions. No excuse for committing rape whatsoever.

Answer 7

Depends on the judge...I suppose! Personally I believe no means no! Being drunk is no excuse, people are sent to prison for drink driving, and for assaults when drunk and disorderly, they obviously knew what they were doing? We shouldnt look at how much control a person has over their behaviour when a crime is involved, in particular when they decided to drink the alcacahol (nobody forced them), the criminal has to be prepared for the consequences ... its still a crime!

Answer 8

Tough question. But I guess if he did it when he was drunk, then he has always been a potential rapist, worthy of incarceration.

Beside, if you allow a "I was really drunk" excuse, then it might open the door to the acquittal of a lot of people who really should be locked up.

Answer 9

its all been too easy for legal defence teams to use the too much alcohol excuse. strange when they cross examine the victim they never ask if it would have been easier or indeed would they have minded being raped by the defendant if he was sober..
my simple solution for the sentencing of rapists would be to allow the victims family i hour in a room with the rapist. the only implement they can take with them would be a nutcracker.

Answer 10

That's a GREAT suggestion. So now every drunken fratboy can expect to get off easy as long as he was drunk when he raped a girl. BRILLIANT. You should run for some kind of political position because you have the makings of a future great president.

Answer 11

No, but I want to qualify my answer as follows.

I am concerned that the definition of rape has been widened (feminist pressure) to include, under the same banner, acts, as diverse as - a stranger jumping out from behind a bush with a knife and forcing himself onto the victim, and, an eighteen year old having sex with a fifteen year old (with consent), and also a husband forcing himself onto his wife. We can also include here situations in which the female suddenly changes her mind during the middle of the sex act itself, unbelievable.

I also have serious difficulty in understanding why alcohol can't be used as a defence to rape by a man, but a woman can use alcohol as a defence by stating that she was unable to give consent. Quite ridiculous. People who understand these things, and I definately exclude feminists from this, know that the sex act is something that is worked toward, it isn't something where the male, whilst hot and bothered and driven by natural urges, states, could you sign this please.