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Originally Posted by TigerTank77

And? Again, the knowledge that said female is armed with either a stun gun or an actual gun, generally is enough to deter most people. If the idea got around that most women were armed in such a fashion, people would be less likely to fuck with them. This is a fact.



I don't see how you can predict someone becoming a rapist, especially if some are close friends and family, because no one would ever suspect them. Unless there is already a history of sexual abuse, there's not a whole lot of signs.

Honestly, the idea of attempting to create a general profile for most rapists is going to create a lot of issues. Ever hear of the Schrodinger's Rapist theory? Imagine that, amplified.

dr2005 already said most of what my response would have been. However, I'd like to point out that I never said we should introduce profiling to identify potential rapists. My point about education was that whilst educating people about how to defend themselves is good, we should also be placing a greater focus on educating people about healthy relationships and respecting other people. Rape education focuses almost entirely on teaching women how to not get raped and I think that's backwards. We don't teach kids how to not get murdered; we teach them not to be violent towards others. So why is there basically no education focusing on preventing possible rapists from trying to commit sexual assault in the first place? Unless you believe that rapists only commit sexual assault because they are genetically wired to do so, I don't see how better education could be a bad thing.