pa1179@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (pa1179) (11/15/88)
In article <406@h-three.UUCP>, james@h-three.UUCP (james) writes: >I have always thought that a side effect (benefit?) of castration as >punishment was supposed to be that the reduced level of testosterone >reduced the agressiveness of the offender. > >If this is true, then it might work anyway. The offender would have >less urge to do something violent. > >Everybody knows ( :-) ) that if you have a cat that goes out and gets >in lots of fights and you get him fixed he stops wandering off and >generally becomes much calmer. First of all, human beings are not cats--not rats, dogs, or apes either. I'm not saying that all animal studies are stupid, just lets be a little more careful before we stretch our conclusions way out of proportion. Testing drugs for potentially harmful side effects is not the same thing as predicting human behavior from animal behavior. The next thing you know, we will be aquitting rapists because they "couldn't help themselves". (Studies have been done on rape in insects and ducks with conclusions relating to human rape. And a woman was released from a murder charge in England because of PMS.) Human females do not go into heat. (Please leave out all the stupid comments here.) The point is, biologically, women do not go into heat like a cat does. The mating behavior of men also is not the same as cats. It certainly hasn't been "proven" (if such a thing is poosible) that human males get into fights because of testosterone. I'm not saying studies haven't been done that may claim this. All you have to do is push any semi-controverial conclusion that mentions SEX and you get to be on Geraldo. In the name of science, we are turning people into objects instead of subjects. No I'm not knocking science, just how we are making science into a kind of god. I think if we spent more time concentrating on the people we are making love to and less time on the act itself, we might not have these sexual hangups that cause us to have to think rape is a sexual crime instead of a violent crime. Chemicals may be involved, but people make and experience love. Johnny Quest
mmccann@hubcap.UUCP (Mike McCann) (11/16/88)
Newsgroups: alt.sex,alt.aquaria,comp.sys.mac Subject: Sex and Science (Was Re: Rape: Sex or Violence) Message-ID: <730@sdcc15.ucsd.edu> Date: 15 Nov 88 06:12:33 GMT References: <10875@cup.portal.com> <4509@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <406@h-three.UUCP> Reply-To: pa1179@sdcc15.UUCP (John) Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 41 In article <406@h-three.UUCP>, james@h-three.UUCP (james) writes: >I have always thought that a side effect (benefit?) of castration as ...content deleted... First of all, human beings are not cats--not rats, dogs, or apes ...content deleted... Johnny Quest =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= My question is: Why in the @#&! was this trash posted to comp.sys.mac??? -- Mike McCann Internet = mmccann@hubcap.clemson.edu Poole Computer Center (Box P-11) UUCP = gatech!hubcap!mmccann Clemson University Bitnet = mmccann@clemson.bitnet Clemson, S.C. 29634