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Men in Groups: Collective Responsibility for Rape

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Larry May  and
Robert Strikwerda
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Abstract

We criticize the following views: only the rapist is responsible since only he committed the act; no one is responsible since rape is a biological response to stimuli; everyone is responsible since men and women contribute to the rape culture; and patriarchy is responsible but no person or group. We then argue that, in some societies, men are collectively responsible for rape since most benefit from rape and most are similar to the rapist.

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Hypatia , Volume 9 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Feminism and Peace , Spring 1994 , pp. 134 - 151
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Copyright © 1994 by Hypatia, Inc.

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