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(8,155 posts)Or that studies regarding aggression with dogs has absolutely any thing to do with human beings.
You espouse essentialist garbage. And it is exactly those types of arguments that are used to further the "case" that men are just naturally abusers and rapists because of their genitalia. Which is utter bullshit.
My point being that the act of sexual assault is very rarely driven by sexual desire. It is about the expression of power and control through the sexual act. If you simply remove the sexual component, you do nothing to treat or eliminate the psychological drive towards power and control.
"Treating the symptom." There is no evidence that testosterone levels are linked to an offenders urge to commit sexual assault. If elevated testosterone levels were the cause, than anyone with elevated testosterone levels would exhibit tendencies towards sexual violence. Which, of course, they do not. Read what I'm saying: Elevated testosterone levels may express a higher libido. But elevated libido has nothing to do with one's tendency toward sexual violence.
There is nothing innate about abusive behaviors. In fact, there is all the evidence in the world that such behavior is learned and, ultimately, a product of cultural influence.
But go ahead and keep telling me about dog gonads.