Thread: Why don't women rape?

Jack,

First, you make a big thing that you've "never ever" heard of such offences but accept that there could be (and there are) some examples. There is a world of difference between something never happening and something rarely happening (this attitude could even be a factor).

You seem too quick to entirely dismiss trends or tendencies that would make sexual assault by females less common when, all put together, the can explain the disparity.

Men and women are different, that much is undeniable. Differences between the sexes are tend, not definitive of course (e.g. there are very strong women and very weak men but the average man will be stronger than the average woman and the strongest people will be men). Many of these differences - psychological, physical, emotional and social - will influence the statistic tendency of doing anything, including having method, motive and opportunity to commit sexual assault.

Also, you're referring to reported assaults. We know that rape victims in general are often reluctant to admit their attack to anyone, let alone formally report it. The reasons - social stigma, embarrassment, (invalid) feelings of guilt and fear of not being taken seriously - are all going to apply to a male victim and quite possibly much more strongly.

Even if an incident is reported, there could be legal factors. Certainly historically and in some jurisdictions still, the legislation against sexual crimes is focused on male attackers of female victims, making it difficult or even impossible to bring a charge of that nature against a female attacker. Some form of conventional assault charge might be able to be brought instead but that, of course, won't them be recorded as a sexual assault.

Yeah, in many parts of the world the crime of rape is defined as the unconsensual penetration of the vagina by a penis.

There are large and strong women out there, who could likely overpower many men, imo.

Do you live in a jungle? The only time I see large women who could take down your average man is on TV when they show female MMA fighters or female body builders. About once every 3 months I MIGHT see a woman with guns who could probably take down a large teen male. You generally don't see amazon looking women everyday. Most women find rape to be a sick act and a non-turn on. Women will just poison you or wait till you fall asleep and wack your ish off. We dominate in more logical ways

Rape is about sex. The current thinking is that it is about power and control, but that just isn't true - if it was, a lot more women would rape.

The fact is that the male sex drive is a lot bigger than women realize. Rape is about a man using power and control to get sex.

Women just can't conceive of how far men will go for sex.

Originally Posted by Licentia Loquendi

It's hard to rape the willing.

But the Willing is worth a try ...

Originally Posted by hiimjered

Rape is about sex.

I'm sure rape will be about different things for different rapists. The term refers to a whole range of offences in vastly different circumstances. A 20 year-old guy with a 14 year-old girlfriend, a guy at a party taking advantage of a drunk girl and a guy grabbing a woman and dragging her down a dark alley can all be convicted of a rape offence but their fundamental motives will be entirely different.

Contrary to the commonly held notion that women do not engage in domestic violence, studies reveal that there is far more violence than you would believe:

http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/le...actsheet.shtml

http://mensnewsdaily.com/2010/08/30/...-than-gay-men/


I have worked in the law field as researcher/writer/editor. Strangely enough, some of the most vicious cases of domestic violence I have dealt with involve lesbian relationships.

So, why don't women rape? The answer is that they do. However, the problem is that the law in most jurisdictions do not define their misconduct as "rape". It is just called domestic battery (in cases where wives batter husbands, the authorities more often than not look the other way and fail to prosecute). The solution to this problem is for the law to be made gender neutral. If this happened, the rape statistics would undergo a drastic change.

Originally Posted by Panzerkampfwagen

Yeah, in many parts of the world the crime of rape is defined as the unconsensual penetration of the vagina by a penis.

That would mean it is physically impossible for a woman to rape a man. I don't know if I agree or not...

Men always want sex and women can always get laid. Even the fattest, ugliest woman out there has access to sex while the ugliest, fattest man does not. It's all a matter of empowerment of the man penetrating the woman. Women can rape men but it's not socially called rape- how many female teachers have had sex with students? How many MILFs put themselves out there to get laid? Plenty.

Sex is funny actually. Me at my age, it's not worth the pursuit anymore, I'd just as soon take care of myself than demean myself to a woman for sex.

I think the fact that women get pregnant is a factor.

Originally Posted by Panzerkampfwagen

Yeah, in many parts of the world the crime of rape is defined as the unconsensual penetration of the vagina by a penis.

Have you ever heard of....sex by surprise?

I think it is called that.

It exists in Sweden.