tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post3176423198284902970..comments2024-03-18T07:07:07.291-07:00Comments on Sociopath World: Haitian rapeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-81187045441379644882010-06-23T15:05:16.237-07:002010-06-23T15:05:16.237-07:00I think being able to get away with it is only a t...I think being able to get away with it is only a tiny part of the explanation for the upsurge in rapes. I think it's mostly due to the trauma people experience during such times. Being traumatized can (but doesn't necessarily) lower your compassion and raise your anger and aggression. It also makes people feel disempowered, vulnerable, afraid. Rape is largely a way for the perpetrator to feel powerful and in control, and such feelings can be highly appealing in a situation where the world around you is out of control and you yourself are powerless.<br /><br />!H!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-67912084760848999142010-06-04T12:49:46.270-07:002010-06-04T12:49:46.270-07:00I'm surprised the numbers aren't higher. ...I'm surprised the numbers aren't higher. With the influx of Aid Workers, contractors, military from other countries, it would be very easy for someone who wanted a pool of victims to find them there. The same goes for the homeless in "civilized" countries. <br /><br />I would think that situations like that, just the availability, would make it more enticing for an empath because there is little danger of getting caught. It's almost too easy for a sociopath. Where's the challenge? What's the fun in taking the cookie if the cookie has a giant "Eat Me" sign on it?Joanhttp://sios.mu.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-15359333661455803412010-06-02T23:10:25.379-07:002010-06-02T23:10:25.379-07:00Psychopaths resist temptation when they stand to l...Psychopaths resist temptation when they stand to lose something significant, like their freedom.<br /><br />When people are "getting away with murder," they don't really stand to lose that.<br /><br />Empaths have an even greater fear of punishment, plus the conscience.<br /><br />Ergo, these rapists are more likely to be psychopaths than empaths. Ergo, this article is better suited to point the finger at them than empaths.<br /><br />Plus, 11% of the population knowing someone who was raped means the actual number of rapees is insignificantly low. The number of rapists would be even lower. It's not sufficient to make sweeping generalizations about any group of people.<br /><br />No punishment, the baddies surface. Simple as that.<br /><br />And who make the best baddies? Lemme see those teeth, psychos!Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541806171758034219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-78574943612893209302010-06-02T14:23:19.575-07:002010-06-02T14:23:19.575-07:00""We are aware of problem ... but it'...""We are aware of problem ... but it's not a priority," Information Minister <i>Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue</i> said last month."<br /><br />A woman said this? (I'm not the only one wondering, am I?)<br /><br />Wow, she not only broke the stereotype but also showed great, upstanding, and fantastic character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-691860254872229732010-06-02T12:46:12.630-07:002010-06-02T12:46:12.630-07:00More rape articles, insteresting.More rape articles, insteresting.UKannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-13242104838554692152010-06-02T06:53:57.788-07:002010-06-02T06:53:57.788-07:00M.E. wrote: i think the strongest evidence for thi...M.E. wrote: <i>i think the strongest evidence for this comes from times of war or other social strife when the fabric of society has broken down to the point that people are basically getting away with murder.</i><br /><br />True. That’s one of the reasons I find apocalyptic stories so compelling. I like to see authors/filmmakers play around with the with idea of putting normal folks in extremis. What would upstanding, law abiding folks do when their social order is in ruins all around them? Who do they become? What do they allow themselves to do that they never would have when law and order filled the land? I personally find those questions fascinating.Daniel Birdicknoreply@blogger.com