History; The Romans would crush a first time rapist’s gonads (O! GOD! Just the thought)!! between?

Question

two stones. Very big ooOOOOOOOooooouuUuuuuuCcH here!!!!

Do you think that would be an effective deterrent for rape today?

Please explain your answer, especially if it is no.

Bluestar. I see your point.

But, Don't you think the rapist would feel the extent of your answers after having his buddies smashed flat.
That was many moons ago they did this. In America now, they would numb his crotch first, which would have no effect.
But back then there was no numbin. The saying would've been, I feel you pain.

Phil. sir,

If the law states a rapist will have his stones flattened between to stones, granet, He He, it may seem cruel.
If he proceeds in rape knowing the punishment. then he has brought that upon himself.

One dude said castration didn't stop the rapist in some cases. DOOOOO What???? What for the pete sakes did they use???

Answer 1

i dont think it would be a good idea, as there would be no equal punishment for women who rape.

also, i think it may increase rape/murders as men would not see the punishment for murder as much worse than that, and the victim can't turn them in for rape if they're dead.

something needs to be done, though. perhaps rapists should be microchipped (and murderers as well) so at least they cannot change their identies and cops could quickly identify them with a scanner; perhaps the scanners should be available publicly so schools can test anyone that comes on campus, and even people can test their dates. it would be less obvious than a 'scarlet letter', & avoid public stigma & possible lynching, as well as not being as easily argued as cruel & unusual punishment.

Answer 2

No.
It is cruel and unusual punishment from any standpoint, which is something that required little debate during the writing of the constitution.
If the constitution is to have meaning and power, it has to be enforced and not overthrown due to emotional reactions.
Well over 100 men have been freed from execution for the crime of murder in recent history. This even though the charge of homicide has many built-in 'safeguards' that do not exist in charges of rape. How many innocent men would be thusly treated and how do you apologize and make restitution when the error is discovered?
Mostly, this type of thinking makes society the very thing it claims to detest, or worse.
Many problems arise with this type of vicious revenge-seeking punishment. One is "would this include statutory rape where those involved were months or perhaps even weeks apart in age?"; or what about all these women being arrested for having sex with their students? What to do with them?
Also, having been a police officer that was specifically schooled in rape investigation, I can assure you that sex is not the point of rape. Even without sexual organs, rapists will continue to rape (by means of instrumentation) and/or abuse, if not murder their victims.
I have a friend that thinks all accused rapists should be executed upon arrest; no trial, no evidence, no nothing. Apparently, after reading the answers here, she is not alone.

EDIT: Interesting that so many seem to feel smarter than those who instituted the constitution that created the law of the US (not to be confused with those who have since subverted it for their own political gain).
With mentality such as exhibited here, can mob rule (anarchy) be far behind?

EDIT 2: If the current punishment for homicide doesn't do anything to quell future homicides and the current punishment for rape doesn't do much or anything to stop rape, one would be a fool to believe torture would stop it. Some countries use capital punishment for drug offenses yet there are still drug offenses.
If torture or cruel punishment becomes law, we've taken a giant step backward in civilization. Using that as a standard, perhaps vigilante justice will come next.

Answer 3

Rape is an act of violence.

Though torture and mutilation of a rapist appeals to my private nature (I will hold one rock, who wants the other?), it would not solve the problem. It might even make it worse. Making a man's package into juevos rancheros might actually turn him into a violent rapist.

In some cases, castration has been beneficial to stopping rape, but in many cases it has not. As far as I know the best method of control is counseling and education. Unfortunately that requires money and support, neither of which are likely to come anytime soon.

Answer 4

The one misconception a lot of people have about rape is that it's about sex, sex drive, and sexual desires. Rape is about power; it's about someone wanting to have their way with someone's body against their will because they disrespect that person as someone equal to them.

That's why I think while things like chemical castration and "crushing of the gonads" may cause a person to not be able to not do what they did, it won't be a real deterrent. The problem's not between thee legs, but in the head. You have to start the process real young by daying overpowering someone like that against their will is never acceptable.

Answer 5

How very naive! Like the stoning rules for Jews, I bet this was more of a political measure than an everyday outcome of a trial for the guilty. I think it was possibly more of a deterrent to a victim to complain about it, along the lines of "you don't want to send me to jail, do you?" with more pre-trial attacks and abuse just to get the message home to the victim that it's a fight to the death. It's not about the sex. It's about having not been a "gentleman". However, "gentlemen" seem prepared to accept that compliment from each other without regard to reality or their victim's feelings or assessment of the brutality of the situation. I'm betting that unofficial payback tries for this look anyway.

Answer 6

Some of the above recommendations here are more neanderthal than the act of rape itself.

Second, this line of questioning and answering fixes on the male aspect without clear implication to what such double-standards import.

The female aspect has its own as well, often as equally as, if not more dreadful than, what we know the male is known to do. Be most careful that on suggesting these remediations they don't backfire when comes time to adjudge resolves as regards womens' obsessions, which are considerably many and will indeed come more into the light as the nearing time passes, for already we see this in the courts and on the media.

What underpins men's penchant to rape is one; and there exists a complement for that of womens' as well -- may not be yet popular, which is to say, perceived yet, but it is there and graphic no less.

Life did not dispense a nature of criminality solely to the male.

Neither man or woman enjoys a province, good or bad, or an immunity against the passions.

The obsession of lust -- the sex industry, typically men's weakness -- is no greater than that of perverse vanity -- the cosmetic and couture industries, usually women's weakness.

Yet men do not possess the denial that women do, which denial will come to haunt women when they, in their own acting out their hidden perversions yet to be addressed in society, are brought before justice. And none will be more severe in this instance in judgement of women than women themselves...-- not men !

Both men and women feed into multi-billion dollar industries... Both markets prove to be integral parts of the foundation that underlies men's and women's foibles and hidden secrets, dishonesties, and deceptions.

'Careful how we conceive of and dispense of justice to others... Such things as legalizing castration as properly meted-out justice for men who rape bodes poorly not only for the country but for all humanity itself.

Answer 7

In a civilized society, we probably shouldn't do things like that, even though it fits the crime. Possibly a surgical removal of the testicles and/or a surgical procedure that takes away the feeling in the penis. Maybe a tatoo or something. Having the rapist beaten and raped (even by a pool cue) would fit the crime, too.

Answer 8

Yeah, I think they should do it in the city square for everyone to see. It would make people think before they act. I also think that when someone kidnaps and kills a child, whatever they did to the child sexually, mentally, physically should be done to them. I hope they bury that guy alive who buried Jessica alive. It was clearly premeditated. He said in an interview that he buried her alive because he couldn't bear to kill her by his own hands which shows that he knew that it was wrong and what would happen if he did it (death), even though he is claiming to be retarded and that he was smart enough to hide her from the people who he lived with at the time. Sex offenders can't be rehabilitated. How many more children have to suffer before the government passes and enforces laws to protect them?? Once a sex offender, always a sex offender.

Answer 9

as much as the image appeals to me, I'm not sure how i feel about it. I much prefer tying the rapist up and letting the victim do what they will to him. Let him know what it feels like to be helpless and completely under the control of someone who doesn't give two sh*ts about him as a person.

Answer 10

Those who rape do not consider the consequences before commiting this act, and if they were to they would think that they won't get caught. Rape is about power and humiliating a person not about sex.