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There are also laws being passed in many [[gynocentrism|gynocentric]] societies (e.g. in France) that prohibit cross-examination of the victim in such cases, so the defendant is severely hamstrung in his defense. | There are also laws being passed in many [[gynocentrism|gynocentric]] societies (e.g. in France) that prohibit cross-examination of the victim in such cases, so the defendant is severely hamstrung in his defense. | ||
It is also a common | It is also a common feminist assertion that rape is about asserting power and dominance not sex, echoing Oscar Wilde ('everything is about sex; but sex is about power'), however evidence for this assertion is lacking. There is evidence that that the reversal of the prohibition of pornography in some societies where it was previously proscribed led to lower rates of rape <ref>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101130111326.htm</ref>, due to pornography acting as a release valve for sexual frustration. | ||
Robust evidence also suggests that making prostitution legal or more widely available leads to lower rates of sexual violence towards women and prostitutes, with this finding being replicated in various countries such as the Netherlands,<ref>https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20150299</ref>the United States,<ref>https://www.nber.org/papers/w20281.pdf</ref><ref>https://thinkprogress.org/craigslist-erotic-services-platform-3eab46092717/</ref> and Australia (where the banning of brothels in the state of Queensland may have also been a causative factor in a large increase in male violent crime in general).<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2064544</ref> Thus, it is clear that male sexual deprivation is one of the main causative factors of rape, but evidence suggests that typically only violent, psychopathic men will respond to this deprivation by actually committing acts of rape,<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229075046_Life-Course_Persistent_Offenders_and_the_Propensity_to_Commit_Sexual_Assault</ref> although a study in New York found the majority of men who frequent prostitutes reported that they may resort to rape if the indoor brothels they visited were made illegal in the future.<ref>http://www.micaelasviatschi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sex_crimeNYC.pdf</ref> | Robust evidence also suggests that making prostitution legal or more widely available leads to lower rates of sexual violence towards women and prostitutes, with this finding being replicated in various countries such as the Netherlands,<ref>https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20150299</ref>the United States,<ref>https://www.nber.org/papers/w20281.pdf</ref><ref>https://thinkprogress.org/craigslist-erotic-services-platform-3eab46092717/</ref> and Australia (where the banning of brothels in the state of Queensland may have also been a causative factor in a large increase in male violent crime in general).<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2064544</ref> Thus, it is clear that male sexual deprivation is one of the main causative factors of rape, but evidence suggests that typically only violent, psychopathic men will respond to this deprivation by actually committing acts of rape,<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229075046_Life-Course_Persistent_Offenders_and_the_Propensity_to_Commit_Sexual_Assault</ref> although a study in New York found the majority of men who frequent prostitutes reported that they may resort to rape if the indoor brothels they visited were made illegal in the future.<ref>http://www.micaelasviatschi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sex_crimeNYC.pdf</ref> | ||