RE: VIAGRA FOR RAPIST
djbaxter said...
That begs the question. First, why should anyone who is in the custody of the state receive a recreational drug like Viagra, especially at taxpayer expense, and second, how does an agency of "public health" find itself involved in the distribution of said recreational drug?
And while I disagree with your assessment of the motivation for rape, it really is unimportant. The issue at hand is that for whatever reason a rape might have been committed, Viagra would aid the process. Given that sex offenders have the highest recidivism rates of about any other type of criminal, how can these agencies justify the insanity of providing them with something that aids and abets their crime of choice? It is utterly no different than providing a serial armed robber with a gun.
Why is this news? or suprising? We've known since the 1980s that rape is not a crime of sexual passion or desire. It's a crime of misogyny, anger, domination, power, humiliation. Viagra may assist people in getting and maintaining an erection. It does not turn people into reapists.
That begs the question. First, why should anyone who is in the custody of the state receive a recreational drug like Viagra, especially at taxpayer expense, and second, how does an agency of "public health" find itself involved in the distribution of said recreational drug?
And while I disagree with your assessment of the motivation for rape, it really is unimportant. The issue at hand is that for whatever reason a rape might have been committed, Viagra would aid the process. Given that sex offenders have the highest recidivism rates of about any other type of criminal, how can these agencies justify the insanity of providing them with something that aids and abets their crime of choice? It is utterly no different than providing a serial armed robber with a gun.
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