Maybe the question ought to be are men biologically programed to rape, and if so are there any biological deterrents to that programing? I think the answers are yes, and yes.
[BTW, just to get this out of the way because it's sure to come up and I don't want it to be a gotcha, I was raped at at twelve. It was unusual because he was not a man I knew and I was hiking not walking through a dark and dangerous neighborhood. I don't think this gives me any special insight as to why men rape. I think my particular rapist was opportunistic. I'm also am pretty sure he didn't know I was anywhere near as young as twelve. People asked me what my major was that same year. ]
[BTW, just to get this out of the way because it's sure to come up and I don't want it to be a gotcha, I was raped at at twelve. It was unusual because he was not a man I knew and I was hiking not walking through a dark and dangerous neighborhood. I don't think this gives me any special insight as to why men rape. I think my particular rapist was opportunistic. I'm also am pretty sure he didn't know I was anywhere near as young as twelve. People asked me what my major was that same year. ]
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
