Reply #247: no it wont

[Djinn]

you don't actually need a knob to rape someone. Being raped with a finger or another object is no less traumatic than being raped by someone with an intact dick. Castration will not stop paedophilia.

I don't think you understand. Raping and sexually abusing a child is the same as taking their life. In a sense the act is like "killing" this person. It kills their spirit, kills their ability to lead a normal life. The mental and emotional affects can be so devastating that the abused person is unable to function normally and carry out a normal life, for the rest of their life.

a large generalisation there - some people use this as the justification for applying the death penalty to rapists which is a REALLY bad idea.

Sexual abuse doesn't kill you and it doesn't (neccesarilly) remove ones ability to lead a normal life - it would be better if people could get over the whole "shame" thing, no-one ever feels shame if they are beaten and robbed, this is another act of violence - but if a rapist realises that his only witness could put him in the electric chair then he has every incentive to kill them - he's not going to be executed twice is he and if he (or she) kills the victim there's no-one to give evidence against them.

Some people may feel that sexual abuse or rape is akin to death but the majority of victims prefer to be alive