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.
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