Rape Crimes

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The first study covered in this paper is by Diana Sculley and Joseph Marolla and is titled "Riding the Bull at Gilley's": Convicted Rapists Describe the Rewards of Rape". The paper then looks at the study, "Heterosocial Competence of Rapists and Child Molesters: A Meta Analysis", by Michael Dreznick. The writer shows how each study focuses on the social factors that underlie rape and show a disturbing tendency in men who commit rape, one that views women as commodities and objects.

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"In contrast to Sculley and Marolla, Michael Dreznick's study once again turns to psychology to study the motives of convicted rapists. Dreznick focuses on the question of "heterosocial competence" and its influence on the behavior and motives of men who commit rape. Dreznick defines heterosocial competence as "the evaluation of a person's performance in heterosexual interactions." Concurrently, the author defines the related concept of heterosocial skills as the "underlying processes that enable a person to successfully interact with members of the other sex" (Dreznick). Dreznick conducted a secondary study of 119 effect sizes on men who were convicted of rape and child sexual abuse. Based on these studies, Dreznick assessed the heterosocial competencies of convicted rapists in the study."

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