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[–] 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I mean yeah but you could also ask what type of society creates more rapists. And you would have other levers of power than "making more prisons".

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Yeah i get the message here, but the message isn't very helpful. What happens if you do this for other crimes?

    "What causes murder: murderers"

    "What causes robbery: robbers"

    "What causes theft: thieves"

    "What causes heresy: heretics"

    "What causes thought crime: thoughtcriminals"

    It's a statement that references itself. I understand the message that it is trying to send: victim blaming is bad, and a lot of powerful people don't view rape as seriously as they should. It's a good message hindered by bad messaging.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    It's a deflection. The question isn't "what causes dooropeness? Open doors.", the question is "what causes people to not close a door." But if you don't ask "what causes rape to happen" but instead ask "what stimulates rapists to rape" or even just "what causes rapists", the answer would prompt widespread societal change. And nobody who profits from the current state of society wants that.

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