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In reply to the discussion: Is "rape culture" responsible for child rape, incest and pedophilia? [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Are you saying there's a child rape gene that's going to manifest inevitably as an uncontrollable drive in those who have it? Has this been identified by some marvel of science?
It may be that some adults have become unable to control such urges. Even if these urges can be traced to heredity, even if birth is the primary cause of the eventual behavior by adults, still the urge and the accompanying personality profile can be encouraged and developed, or discouraged and channeled elsewhere, depending on environment and upbringing. Of course if children get raped, it is likelier that the same will happen in the next generation. Of course the rates of such rape vary from culture to culture.
Of course when a culture places no priority on condemning rape -- including child rape -- or even makes a joke out of it, then there will be less deterrence and more rape.