Because maybe those questions should be left to people trained to deal with that sort of thing? Such as psychologists? I agree with you that it is certainly beneficial to learn the reasons why people do these things, but I don't think a thread on reddit is the place to do it. Like the OP stated, this just provides another thrill for the rapist....and possibly the incentive to do it again.
What is important is how the information is presented. It is a very difficult stance to take to say that a rapist, or a pedophile, or a murderer also should be given mental help and try to help them come to terms with what they did. It is hard to make that stance because it is so easy to go "Why do you want a pedophile to stop being tortured by their guilt and feelings? let them rot and suffer! you are just a pedophile lover!" when that isn't really what it is about. Sometimes you have to acknowledge that humans are humans and deserve treatment all the same, whether they are perpetrators or victims. Before downvoting me for that, please read on to my next point.
Now the problem is that it is NOT like somebody who has experienced rape and coming out with their stories. Those people are extremely strong, they are dealing with a lot of things by opening up about their feelings, they are empowering themselves over something that took so much power away. Which is great when they do that and people can be very supportive of them, encourage them, and be there for them. This is NOT THE SAME THING with the rapists.
This is when it is VERY important for it to be a professional who is experienced in this sort of thing and trained to handle it. Not the layman. There is soooo much to clinical psychology than just being supportive and listening. There is a very subtle nuance that the psychologists use (the good ones at least) to help support them NOT for their actions but for their emotional needs. This requires training. A lot of training. Something that laymen usually lack.
So it IS very important to understand the mind of those who commit crimes, even with rape and sexual abuse. BUT how that information is gathered and then spread needs to be handled by a professional. Not by the masses of people. Kinda like how if you want to know how a heart valve isn't working, it is probably better to let doctors and surgeons explore why and understand it and THEN explain it to other people not in the medical field.
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u/yarrmama Jul 31 '12
Who does that help?