From: "dbwanika" <dbwanika-AT-uganda.co.ug> Subject: Re: BHA: Social Science & doing science- Nature of Justice Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 17:15:14 +0200 Dick There is a far deeper problem to the article. In Great Britian rape is a criminal act. My surprise with that the article, is why it took so long to bring the culpits to book? This is a very serious issue by the way. More so military law to which most African countries subscribe and which originated in the UK is very very very strict on such behaviours within the army to the extent that it migth cause demotion, dismissal from the army and imprisonment. Now where do we start? stay well, Bwanika > Hi Bwanika, > > Some of the men and boys in very human population are likely to become > sexual predators. In group situations, some who would not be sexual > predators on their own will become such in conformity with group > norms. Such small groups of males become particularly dangerous to women > and girls when they are in positions of power. Gang-rape becomes all to > easy, easy to commit and easy to get away with. One of the things that so > often goes wrong is that men in positions of authority over such gangs of > sexual predators are either too naive to recognize the ever-present > potentiality for such behavior, or turn a blind eye because they secretly > sympathize with the group norms that provide positive sanctions for gang-rape. > > Best regards, > > Dick M > At 07:18 PM 07/03/2003 +0200, you wrote: > >Listers! > > > >I am also amazed with the morality behind this. So read on and ask what > >went wrong really. > > > > "I was totally amazed and shocked when I first heard about it, and that > >amazement hasn't reduced, but I am now absolutely convinced it is true." > > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/international/africa/03KENY.html > > > >______________ > >bwanika > > > >url: www.idr.co.ug > > > >Logon & Join in ug-academicsdb discussion list > > > > http://www.coollist.com/subcribe.html > > > > List ID: ug-academicsdb > > Your Email address: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > url: http://uhpl.uganda.co.ug > > > >http://pub59.ezboa > > > > > > --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > > > > --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > _________ bwanika url: www.idr.co.ug Logon & Join in ug-academicsdb discussion list http://www.coollist.com/subcribe.html List ID: ug-academicsdb Your Email address: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ url: http://uhpl.uganda.co.ug http://pub59.ezboa --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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