Great suggestion! “Are most acts of sexual violence committed by a select particularly egregious few or by the presumably more common ‘casual rapist’? Answering this question is relevant for picking the strategies to focus on. This is because it seems plausible that different types of people who commit rape require different strategies to stop them.”
I suspect political pressure has effectively prevented in-depth research on this specific topic from being done. There is a lot of political pressure to stigmatise rape as much as possible, no matter what kind it is, or how often it occurs, or any other factors. Without this pressure, there is a realistic concern that a significant minority of people would twist the information into a new rape myth.
For instance, a sufficiently twisted person might decide that the “real” rapists are the ones targeting 10 people or more, and then incorrectly conclude that “just” one rape doesn’t make you a rapist, therefore rationalizing committing an atrocity. :(
I think it’s great to use information-based leverage from research to prevent mayhem. Since you asked, I will check this if I can manage to fit it in somewhere. I’m just letting you know that the reason I didn’t already invest the time into looking into this is because I suspect political pressures would prevent that sort of study from being done in the first place.
Great suggestion! “Are most acts of sexual violence committed by a select particularly egregious few or by the presumably more common ‘casual rapist’? Answering this question is relevant for picking the strategies to focus on. This is because it seems plausible that different types of people who commit rape require different strategies to stop them.”
I suspect political pressure has effectively prevented in-depth research on this specific topic from being done. There is a lot of political pressure to stigmatise rape as much as possible, no matter what kind it is, or how often it occurs, or any other factors. Without this pressure, there is a realistic concern that a significant minority of people would twist the information into a new rape myth.
For instance, a sufficiently twisted person might decide that the “real” rapists are the ones targeting 10 people or more, and then incorrectly conclude that “just” one rape doesn’t make you a rapist, therefore rationalizing committing an atrocity. :(
I think it’s great to use information-based leverage from research to prevent mayhem. Since you asked, I will check this if I can manage to fit it in somewhere. I’m just letting you know that the reason I didn’t already invest the time into looking into this is because I suspect political pressures would prevent that sort of study from being done in the first place.