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You bring up very good points. However, that man could have already been aroused. True?

Well, if he was aroused, is it rape then? Being with a few men, I can say aroused men won't turn you down often.

Women are not so easily sexually stimulated. Men are visually stimulated. Women need actual touching. This may be the reason why there are less female rapists.

And Hydrok, wow. Never read of a case like that.

Actually yes a woman can rape a man, and it has happened very recently... We had a case where a woman slipped some roofies and viagra into a guys drink at Grahams near the base here... so he lacked the ability to consent to sex because he was under the influence of three different drugs.

Also the man was married... and for those of you who dont know, roofies make you black out.

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Originally posted by jazzeykitten:

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Originally posted by hubbabaloo:
MOST sex offenders do not rape children, as they are sick minded people and...yeah. However, you are right, it does happen.

I was just answering why male rape isn't as common as female rape...in a general sense.

Sad to say, but I've known several "children" (people under the age of 18) that have been raped.

Well, I was speaking "children" (people under the age of puberty) Ambiguous as you see.

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Originally posted by hubbabaloo:
MOST sex offenders do not rape children, as they are sick minded people and...yeah. However, you are right, it does happen.

I was just answering why male rape isn't as common as female rape...in a general sense.

Sad to say, but I've known several "children" (people under the age of 18) that have been raped.

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Originally posted by CelticNewAger:

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a) if a female rapes a man, she's the one who could end up pregnant. It's easy for male rapists to not have to do anything about pregnancy, but it isn't so easy for a female

Um...ok....

A woman can't actually rape a man and have intercourse. Men need to be aroused, thus they get an erection, and then intercourse can occur. Otherwise, it can't.

But what if a woman rapes a child? Rape isn't just intercourse, you know.

You bring up very good points. However, that man could have already been aroused. True?

And the woman raping a child...it happens, however, MOST sex offenders do not rape children, as they are sick minded people and...yeah. However, you are right, it does happen.

I was just answering why male rape isn't as common as female rape...in a general sense.

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a) if a female rapes a man, she's the one who could end up pregnant. It's easy for male rapists to not have to do anything about pregnancy, but it isn't so easy for a female

Um...ok....

A woman can't actually rape a man and have intercourse. Men need to be aroused, thus they get an erection, and then intercourse can occur. Otherwise, it can't.

But what if a woman rapes a child? Rape isn't just intercourse, you know.

hi, some of you appear to have the view that rape victims have some kind of moral responsability to report it in order to protect others. I would just like to say that unless you have been raped you have no idea what it is like and the emotions that are experienced.some peopel are too scared to tell, its an extremely difficult thing to do, try to understand that.

I'm so sorry for all the rape victims/survivors (either way you want to look at it). I've never really met anybody who's been raped (I live in a quite safe neighborhood, and such) but I think it's just disgusting. Talking about frying rapists? Why not give them therapy instead. They obviously are insanely sick-minded people, but they should be locked up and kept out of society so that they cannot ruin any more women's(or men's) lives.

Males being raped is not as common because

a) if a female rapes a man, she's the one who could end up pregnant. It's easy for male rapists to not have to do anything about pregnancy, but it isn't so easy for a female

b) men are generally stronger than women, so it's harder for a women to rape a man than a man to rape a woman.

I had more reasons, but they've slipped me.

yeah i'm so sorry for your gf. please tell her that were all rooting for her to be ok. i think rape is dispicable. did you know every 90 seconds another person is raped in the U.S.? i'm just repeating a fact. but thats so horrible. in Africa,(i forget) if a woman is raped by her husband, because rape is involuntary sexual relations, she cannot press charges because a husband and wife are "supposed" to have sex? sometimes a woman is forced to marry her rapist to save her family face. thats horrible. i'm so sorry for all those people who have been raped. email me @: fantastico1990@hotmail.com

To me, rape is just about the most despicable crime on the planet. Having been through the ordeal as a child,afraid to speak of it until very recently, I can safely say that rape is almost as bad as murder; it changes everything, can ruin peoples abilty to love and trust. Rapists should be punished harshly.

However,in relation to what Punkerneed13 and PaperCranberry said, I think that it is entirely up to the victim to decide whther or not they prosecute their rapist. When I first told, my family and therapist tried to peressure me into charging him by telling me that by not doing anything I was probably ruining many other girls lives. In my opinion,that was a pretty despicable thing to say to a child.
However,when I did try to do something,I was told that I had left it too long and they could probably not do anything...

Hows that for a great justice system.

rebelchick, i get the gist of what you're saying, but it doesnt seem right.

Nobody likes being told what they should do, but if it can benefit others and benefit yourself, i dont see anything wrong with the advice. If the rapist isnt reported, he (or she) believes rape is something one can get away with. And they can get away with it, repeatedly- so long as you keep your lips sealed.

Rapists thrive on the fear they instill in their victims.

Are you going to just LET them keep preying on the innocent?
I can imagine that it is tough for you to make such a difficult decision, but think of how much suffering you will save others..and yourself. It's always a relief to share something with someone you can trust.

Speak up.

I have a reply to "Punkerneed13". If you have never been raped then you won't understand a person who has in their decision not to tell anyone. If you are raped and don't tell anyone, then that's your decision. If someone doesn't report it, then maybe they're too scared of what the attacker might come back and do after they get out of jail or whatever. So, don't judge them and tell them what they need to do...I know what it's like.

I think that in any kind of situation where you are forced to have sex with anyone if you don't want to, then it should be considered rape and that person who did that to you should be thrown in jail because it's not right. When you're raped, it takes away a part of you that you'll be able to get back. Even if the attacker is your husband/wife.
~Rachel Email me at ReBeLcHiCk29609@aol.com

sorry bout the double post but anyone out there who has been raped but hasnt reported it just think that same rapist could be out there still raping other people so if you report it you could be saving people alot of heart break and horrible times. just think about it and do what you think is right. also the longer you wait the harder it will be to find evidence and convict.

one of my friends was recently raped this summer she doesnt really talk about it but it doesnt seem to effect her even though i know it does. it is horrible and your right it should be punished very heavily.

One of my best friends was raped by her boyfriend some years ago, it was a really traumatizing experience for her, to the extent that she attempted suicide. In my opinion it's perhaps one of the most terrible things that can happen to a person, male or female. BTW, in response to the question about marriage, yeah, in my opinion whenever someone is involuntarily forced into sexual intercourse, it's rape, no matter what relation you have to the person.

Love and animal crackers,
Kate

i belive that simply punishing them is the worst way of dealing with it. granted there should still be a punishment but that really doesn't solve the problem. i think that the majority of people who are sexual predators need pschiatric help.

I believe that one's body is for them to control, and to violate someone's natural right to control their own body is...shwabbagal. It's so awful that I can't even think of a good word for it, so I made one up. I'm lucky enought o never have had to experience that thus far in my life, and I always make sure I'm in a safe environment though one can't always be safe. It just must be so awful...to feel like someone stripped you of your birth right to control your body.

I think rape is horriable and i feel for anyone who has been put through that or anything similar to that.... I think if anyone is stupid and sick enough to rape someone they should be put away for life....

i think that sentence was quite ridiculous and unjust, but people also need to understnd the culture over there is completely different from ours, and that they have lived for so many years with that sort of justice system, that it is sort of the norm. not everyone agrees with and goes along with the westernized judicial viewpoint.