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Thursday, 24 November 2016

Sex offenders should be castrated

Rape is a crime that not only takes hurts someone for the moment, but also shatters their entire life. Most women never fully recover from being victims of rape. There are many reasons why sex offenders commit this unethical and immoral behavior. Firstly, they do it as a result of mental and psychological disorder. Secondly, sex offenders act as a result of drug abuse. Others do it in order to revenge. Whichever the reason attached to the offense, sex offenders are wrong and should be punished appropriately.
The rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Bengkulu, Yuyun, has sparked a rare and intense debate about sexual violence in the country. The case has led to calls for the government to act now to do more to stop sexual violence against women in Indonesia. The Alliance for Community Care of Victims of Sexual Violence has asked for lawmakers to urgently pass the Elimination of Sexual Violence Act.  In order to eliminate the rape cases, there is an issue of whether serious sex offenders should be castrated or not. The way I see it, castration could potentially be a good idea for the sex offenders.

On one side, castration is the best solution which can decrease the number of sex offenders in the society. Surgical castration, also called orchiectomy, involves the physical removal of the testicles, which produce 95 percent of a man’s testosterone. At first, a man who has been castrated will still have a sexual urge. Over time, however, because he is no longer producing testosterone, he will lose much of his libido or sexual desire. According to one study from the 1960s about 1000 German sex offenders who had been castrated, 65 percent men immediately felt their libido plummet. This is why castration can serve as a good punishment for the sex offenders.
Castrating serious sex offenders can serve a lesson to others who would think of committing this awful crime. In most cases, criminals who are reported of having offended others sexually are taken to the court to be judged and jailed. They serve their imprisonment and come back to the society. They remain dangerous to the society irrespective of the time they spend in jail. Imprisonment hardly changes sex offenders. Therefore, castration can be the only action which will remind them that raping is wrong and unacceptable. They will carry the scar for the rest of their lives, even when they sleep, take a bath, dress or socialize with friends of the opposite sex.
Castration can make the offenders realize the suffering or the pain of the victim. To some extent, the victim cannot even enjoy her marriage as she has a negative attitude towards men. In addition, it is possible to be infected with a sexually transmitted disease during rape. For example, the victim can contract HIV and live with the virus for the rest of her life. Rape also causes unwanted pregnancies. The act is too humiliating and makes the victim feels uncomfortable. In extreme cases, rape victims, especially children, die as a result of excess bleeding, trauma or physical injury. Considering all these unlimited consequences of rape, one is justifiable to agree that serious sex offenders should be castrated.
The opposite mentions that castrating them will only increase the problem they suffer from and make them substantially more violent. Nevertheless serious sexual offenders deserve a punishment since their crime is neither human. Besides, sex offender should be investigated first. They should be helped to get out of this bad behavior. The offenders should be taken to psychiatric, psychologists and doctors who will examine their mental, psychological and emotional health.
In a nutshell, sex offenders should be castrated because they kill the dignity of the individual and make her suffer for the rest of her life. I think castration is the only punishment which can justify the inflicted on the victim by the offender. It makes a serious sex offender suffer humiliation and pain just as the victim suffers. However, there is a need for careful investigations before passing such judgment to an individual. Sometimes, an individual may be accused falsely. Besides, it is significant to investigate the reason why the individual committed the crime. If the person is mentally ill or there is another reason of committing the offense, then an alternative should be chosen. An eye for an eye, and therefore, the sex offense for castration.

References:
Franciska, Christine. (2016). How a rape that was ignored angered Indonesia’s women. BBC NEWS. Retrieved on May 30, 2016, from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36200441
Tsai, Michelle. (2007). Castration Anxiety. Slate. Retrieved on May 31, 2016, from http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/05/30/the_lab_s_surprising_trick_for_a_juicy_meaty_crispy_crusted_burger.html

Anonymous. (2016). How can medicine work with the ministry of justice. Medical Blog. Retrieved on May 31, 2016, from http://www.medicalblog.org/2016/02/25/chemical-castration-for-paedophiles-how-can-medical-work-with-the-ministry-of-justice/

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