Rethinking Rape Moving Beyond the Social vs. Biological By Caterina Gironda This paper explores the pitfalls of two views of rape: The social constructionist position that rape is not an act driven by sexual desire but rather purely an act of violence, a tool to control and dominate women, and A counter argument by evolutionary psychologists which says that the drive to rape is in some sense natural, a product of human evolution. Through an examination of Elizabeth Grosz’s reading […]

Categories: Article, Fall 2012 Issue • Tags: Darwin, Elizabeth Grosz, evolutionary psychology, rape