Elisa Mariño
2 min readMar 1, 2019

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I disagree about the part of the urge of sex in the sense that those ofenders aren’t driven by instincts. They control themselves as to plan the rape and not do it in public. If it was an “urge of sex” they would act on the moment. Or masturbate would serve as a release (many men do that). But they do plan how to abduct a woman and rape her. Some use drugs, that need to be bought and a way to administer to the woman. And if police or other people show up, they abort the plan in order to not be caught. That points to no “urge of sex”, more to a mental compulsion or perversion. Rape is not just about sex, is about power. That is why it is used in wars (sadly and I’m truly sorry if I overstep here) or to punish. You can take away the sexual desire and still have rapist, that would switch to some torture tool if their penis won’t work.

The “wolfpack” here is another example. Gang rape wasn’t about sex. Somo of those guys could have regular sex with their girlfriends. But they chose to rape as a “bonding” experience that made them feel powerful, strong and part of the pack. Sex wasn’t the main motivation.

But I guess that from a normal guy who is not abusive, it is difficult to find motivations to do something like that. Urge of sex could be strong, but I see a lot of guys around me that have the same urge and are not rapist. That is the key, men know how to control themselves when they want to. And most do, including rapist, who will control themselves until they are in a situation where they won’t be caught. I mean, here we have women who practice topless at the beach and there is no rapes on the beach in the midle of the day. That should be a hint that it is not about arousal or desire.

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Elisa Mariño
Elisa Mariño

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