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Types of attitudes that might foster or reinforce rape behavior © Alan Millard 2012

 

This topic is very subjective and politically/emotionally charged and within educational realms, unfortunately, comes exclusively from an anti-male feminist stance. Rape has been coined as a difference of opinion. After all, it is a woman’s word against a man’s, given, in most cases, a mutual circumstance, not the stranger/male rapist in the dark scenario (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2011; Sommers, 1994). It is a topic so emotionally charged that prejudice is applied to those who do not go along with the intellectual coercion. Even some who consider themselves feminists concede that to objectively discuss data about rape appears callous to some, but “Truth is no enemy to compassion, and falsehood is no friend” (Sommers, 1994, p. 209). Just because a woman claims rape does not mean that it is rape. Otherwise, women are granted absolute power of condemnation over men, with the basic right of being innocent until proven guilty thrown out the window. However, rape laws have been arbitrarily changed that violate our U. S. Constitution, depriving men as accused rapists their Constitutional rights. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is one of the biggest examples of this. (The group/organization the writer of this post heads has been active, along with other national efforts, to repeal this discriminatory Act.) VAWA is merely another effort to ensnare more men (Baskerville as cited in Hise, 2004). Domestic violence is termed to include economic, physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse, and thus “By this criteria, “violence” becomes whatever a self-proclaimed “victim” says it is” (Baskerville, 2007, p. 170).

The attitude that fosters and reinforces rape behavior comes from creating contention between the sexes in an unfounded rape paranoia and a persecution of men via feminists. What feminists want us to believe is that people who know the truth and do not blindly follow their forced thought are supportive of some culture—hence the radical term “rape culture”--and even condemn traditional people in our “male dominated” society and those not yet indoctrinated by this “education,” as supporting rape (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2011). Sommers (1994) also brings up a valid point applying to society as a whole in that we are a violent society, and that violence in application to sexual activity may coincide with violence in other areas as well, and this is not due to a male dominated society, since other traditional/male dominated societies are less violent than our own. Numerous studies have shown this rape paranoia to be nothing but a hoax launched by feminists which does an injustice to real rape victims.

The Koss study (1988) determined that 27.5% of the female respondents were deemed to have been raped, which gave rise to the “One in four” chant used during “Take Back the Night” campaign on college campuses, and was completely illegitimate, in which case 11% claimed they had not been victimized at all and 49% of the women said it was miscommunication (Sommers, 1994). The majority of women who the study had classified as being raped did not believe they had been raped, 73% vs. 27% (Sommers, 1994). Alcohol consumption was used as an example to “qualify” women as rape victims when their consumption was not forced but consensual. There exists a difference between rape and having a drink and then regretting sex later (Sommers, 1994). And it should be noted that 42% of the women counted as rape victims later chose to have sex with the alleged “rapist” (Sommers, 1994). Sommers also uses the quote of one woman reporter to convey her message: “If 25% of my women friends were really being raped, wouldn’t I know it?” (Sommers, 1994, p. 222).

Alcohol is a common socially acceptable, often expected, prerequisite to couples having sex. According to one of the criteria rating women if they had been raped is whether a man had given them alcohol. What if it had been a woman who had given them alcohol prior to having sex with a man? Or, what if the woman (supposed “victim”) is the one who gave the man alcohol, would this mean (per this line of “logic”) that he had been raped?

There is no doubt that rape in its truest sense is a terrible crime, as it has always been considered so, but to arbitrarily change qualifiers (the definition of murder is not negotiable) and distort its amount of occurrence is using the emotions surrounding a terrible crime subjectively to inflict grief upon others. In one case, a wife and her husband were having sex, and the next morning she reported to the police she was raped because it took him 31 seconds to stop. (Ferrell, 1993).Would the man not be equally violated if he were not allowed to finish? Generally, researchers confirm that sexual motivation plays a major role in rape (Bushman, Bonacci, van Dijk, & Baumeister, 2003; Malamuth, Huppin, & Paul, 2005). Some women express a hatred of men and will also sexually tease them or deliberately set them up, yet this male viewpoint is not even considered or examined. Is this not also a violent tendency that needs to be addressed?

Besides other testimonials and evidence surfacing, 25% of the accused in rape cases are exonerated by DNA evidence. – U.S. Department of Justice (As stated in The Anti-False Rape Accusation Campaign, 2011). In comparing racial discrimination to the sex discriminatory elements and false accusations associated, this source asks, “How would the Justice Department respond if 25% of all black murder suspects were falsely accused of the crime by white accusers?” “False accusations of rape are a form of psychological rape that is not included in the traditional definition of “rape.” And false accusations are not studied enough because it’s politically incorrect to talk about” (The Anti-False Rape Accusation Campaign, 2011).

Under the title, “False accusations of sexual assault are rape of a different color,” the National Coalition of Free Men explains that practically monthly another man is freed after years of imprisonment because the false accusations that put him there were proven false. This source states that even when there is no conviction, “a false allegation of rape can emotionally, socially, and economically destroy a person,” that it is a type of psychological rape not included in the traditional definition of rape, and that study is lacking in this area because to even talk about false rape allegations is politically incorrect. But in the meantime names of the accusers are usually protected whereas the names of the accused are revealed. The existing research reveals that false rape allegations are much more prevalent than what we are told.

 

The National Coalition of Free Men (2009) offers the following:

“In a study by the U.S. Air Force, about one-forth of rape accusers recanted just before taking a lie detector test or after failing one. Further research found 60% of the accusations were false. The most common reasons given for making false accusations were spite or revenge, feelings of guilt or shame, or to cover up an affair. McDowell, Charles P., Ph.D. “False Allegations.” Forensic Science Digest, (publication of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations), Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 1985), p. 64. (see Center for Military Readiness article “Sex, Lies, and Rape” for an excellent discussion of false accusations)

 

This source also provides another case example:

“In a nine-year study of 109 rapes reported to the police in a Midwestern city, Purdue sociologist Eugene J. Kanin reported that in 41% of the cases the complainants eventually admitted that no rape had occurred. In a follow-up study of rape claims filed over a three-year period at two large Midwestern universities, Kanin found that of 64 rape cases, 50% turned out to be false. Among the false charges, 53% of the women admitted they filed the false claim as an alibi. Kanin, EJ, “An alarming national trend: False rape allegations,” Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1994” (National Coalition of Free Men, 2009).

Look at what the all-star pro basket ball player, Kobe Bryant, had to go through concerning his rape case, and, sure enough, feminist sources also attack any exclusive male/masculine identity as sports and make a subjective identity association between male sports and “rape behavior” (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2011).

 

How I would begin treatment with a man who has been convicted for rape

I would begin by getting to know and understand this individual. I would want to know exactly what he did and how it took place. Similar to assessing other sexual deviates, I would inquire as to his background, childhood, relationships, recent situations, and living arrangement. I would consider his attitude and perhaps anger issues, with anger management possibly being treatment that would apply to his condition. Rapists vary in backgrounds, but anger and violent tendencies often play a role in their character (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2011).
However, I may, depending on the circumstances and information I gathered about this convicted rapist, also encourage him to appeal the conviction. Many men convicted for rape have later been found to be innocent, with evidence, including testimonials from others, that disclose ulterior motives for false charges—deemed “guilty” by mere accusation as revealed in the citations above. In a case offered by Dr. Warren Farrell (1988), a man was convicted by his wife’s false rape allegations because he was unable to retain an attorney due all his assets being frozen in his divorce proceedings, which granted her custody of their three children and sent him to prison for four years.

Due to my involvement with the men’s organization I head, I would be able to provide this inmate references to attorneys, social workers, and psychologists, even possible consultation with a judge, who are all associated, involved in and/or supportive of our organizational efforts.

 

References:

Baskerville, S., (2007). Taken into custody: The war against fathers, marriage, and the family. Nashville, TN: Cumberland House Publishing, Inc.

Bushman, B. J., Bonacci, A. M., van Dijk, M., & Baumeister, R. F. (2003). Narcissism, sexual refusal, and aggression: Testing a narcissistic reactance model of sexual coercion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(5), 1027-1040.

Farrell, W. (1993). The myth of male power. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Heartiste (2011). The anti-false rape accusation campaign. Retrieved from: http://heartiste.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/the-anti-false-rape-accusation-campaign/

Hise, R. (2004). The war against men: Why women are winning and what men must do if America is to survive. Oakland, OR: Red Anvil Press.

Malamuth, N. M., Huppin, M., & Paul, B. (2005). Sexual coercion. In D. M. Buss (Ed.), The handbook of evolutionary psychology (pp. 394-418). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

McElroy, W. (2006). False Rape Accusations May Be More Common Than Thought. Retrieved from: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194032,00.html#ixzz1oYm2MUAU

National Coalition of Free Men (2009). False accusations. Retrieved from: http://ncfm.org/2009/01/issues/false-accusations/

Rathus, S., Nevid, J., & Fichner-Rathus, L. (2011). Human sexuality in a world of diversity (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Sommers, C. H. (1994). Who stole feminism: How women have betrayed women. New York: Simon & Schuster.

 

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