# Louisiana passes law to castrate rapists **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 10, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914 "2008-07-10T00:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/101 "2008-07-10T15:25:32Z")
I once worked with an autistic client who was receiving the chemical castration shots. He got a shot of Depo-Provera once a month. It reduces the sex drive but desn’t completely eliminate it. Since it’s basically a hormone shot, it also causes men to grow breasts and lose facial hair. Other than that, it doesn’t seem to cause much discomfort. I don’t have a problem with this, but it should probably be pointed out for the record that it won’t necessarily stop a perpetrator from re-offending (even physical castration can’t guarantee that), and if the subject misses a shot or two, the sex drive comes right back. It’s not like it’s fullproof. If one of these guys lams it or somehow avoids getting the shots, he’s right back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/102 "2008-07-10T15:30:04Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I think this is going the wrong way. Instead of removing testicles, we ought to have mandatory oversized Neutical implants. Give those convicted rapists testicles the size of, say, grapefruit [/QUOTE] Geez, talk about a blatant government handout. You must be in the pocket of Big Trousers. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/103 "2008-07-10T16:50:38Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] I think this is great news. Rapists need to be severely punished. Their lives should be made to be almost unbearable. It is just too bad Louisiana did not pass a law that requires physical castration on the first offense. It is nice that the judges can sentence the rapists to physical castration, but I wish this was mandatory. Is there anyone that thinks this law is not a great step in the right direction? [/QUOTE] I sure agree it’s a great step forward. I hope that they will soon amputate the hands of thieves too. And, it is to be hoped, the stoning of adulterers should come next. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/104 "2008-07-10T18:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=villa] Do you have any kind of cite to that - because the studies I saw suggested that false accusations of rape occured at the same level as false accusations of other series crimes. Brownmiller’s study, for example. [/QUOTE] [Brownmiller](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Brownmiller)? :dubious: I’m willing to be educated, but isn’t that a bit like taking the word of an Austrian housepainter on why everything is the fault of the Jews? ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/105 "2008-07-10T18:19:52Z")
The study has definitely been criticized. But what I haven’t seen is another study with credible alternative evidence. I wasn’t being snarky when I asked **Der Trihs** for a cite - I was genuinely interested. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/106 "2008-07-10T18:27:50Z")
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/107 "2008-07-10T18:28:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Geez, talk about a blatant government handout. You must be in the pocket of Big Trousers. No, but convicted rapists would need Big Trousers just to be able to walk around. That’s the point. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/108 "2008-07-10T18:47:00Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] No, but convicted rapists would need Big Trousers just to be able to walk around. That’s the point. [/QUOTE] This is no joke, Big Trousers is one of the most insidious industries around. If you’re going to be a lobbyist, by all moral sense you should distance yourself from them. To save your dignity, you must immediately drop Trou. _Stop laughing at me!_ ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/109 "2008-07-11T21:31:42Z")
You _do_ realize that consent cannot be given by a person who’s consumed alcohol, right? Yes, that means if you buy a girl a beer, and then sleep with her, you’ve committed sexual battery. And now, she can send you off for a little choppy choppy. Good plan. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/110 "2008-07-11T21:47:51Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] You _do_ realize that consent cannot be given by a person who’s consumed alcohol, right? Yes, that means if you buy a girl a beer, and then sleep with her, you’ve committed sexual battery. And now, she can send you off for a little choppy choppy. Good plan. [/QUOTE] So. because we use the same word to describe all rapes, all rapes need to be treated equally? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/111 "2008-07-12T00:43:11Z")
[QUOTE=magellan01] So. because we use the same word to describe all rapes, all rapes need to be treated equally? :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Well, in combination with 2.5’s other recent thread… apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/112 "2008-07-12T17:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=magellan01] So. because we use the same word to describe all rapes, all rapes need to be treated equally? :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Ask **2.5"**. He says “all rapes”. I’m merely pointing out one of the presumably unforeseen consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914/113 "2008-07-12T17:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Ask **2.5"**. He says “all rapes”. I’m merely pointing out one of the presumably unforeseen consequences. [/QUOTE] He can’t answer for a month. I’ll close this. If anyone really wants to continue the discussion, they can start a new thread with their own stances. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-passes-law-to-castrate-rapists/455914.md?page=5)