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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhat experts know about men who rape..
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/health/men-rape-sexual-assault.htmlMen who rape tend to start young, in high school or the first couple of years of college, likely crossing a line with someone they know, the research suggests.
Some of these men commit one or two sexual assaults and then stop. Others no one can yet say what portion maintain this behavior or even pick up the pace.
Antonia Abbey, a social psychologist at Wayne State University, has found that young men who expressed remorse were less likely to offend the following year, while those who blamed their victim were more likely to do it again.
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Indeed, experts note one last trait shared by men who have raped: they do not believe they are the problem.
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Fresh_Start
Feb 2019
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As a man, I find rape utterly disgusting. I literally cannot comprehend how a man could do that.
CaptainTruth
Feb 2019
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mentalslavery
(463 posts)1. Very true... they view the rape as a punishment for women
who step outside of what offenders believe is appropriate gender norms....sick
CaptainTruth
(6,588 posts)2. As a man, I find rape utterly disgusting. I literally cannot comprehend how a man could do that.
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)3. that is because you are a decent human being with empathy for others
including women and girls.
I posted a link to a NYT article about rape...it said that someone who assaults and feels remorse, doesn't re-offend.
Antonia Abbey, a social psychologist at Wayne State University, has found that young men who expressed remorse were less likely to offend the following year, while those who blamed their victim were more likely to do it again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/health/men-rape-sexual-assault.html