Originally posted by krizon@Nov 19 2005, 11:59 PM
So what would you do to female paedophiles, SL? The sexual molestation of small children (and, yes, even babies) isn't the sole preserve of the maladjusted male. In the interest of bringing some semblance of balance to the argument re. punishment, one has to bring in the Rosemary Wests, the Myra Hindleys, and the hundreds of women who gratify their urges at the cost of their own children as much as anyone else's.
What does the panel consider is a just punishment for the man or woman who forces an incestuous relationship upon their children? There are plenty enough cases of mothers who have masturbated their young sons for years (although, like PDJ, I don't want to put more detail on here about other perversities) and wrecked their heads.
By the time you decide to nip 'n' tuck the offenders, it's already far too late. You need a proactive, not a reactive, system. But I don't see one happening, unless there is a fault in the genetic system of such offenders, as there is a mental one in psychopaths, and so on. So that brings us to genetic engineering and tweaking the gene that's causing the problem - I assume all children would have to be tested for this faulty gene, in case they carried it. If they did, they could be either 'corrected' or, presumably (taking some people's desire for legalized murder into account), they would have to be tastefully euthanized so that they couldn't grow into a potentially harmful adult.
"I'm sorry, Mrs Smith, but little Chantelle is likely to rape her children, so we'll have to take her away to be fixed."
"But she's only 18 months old!"
"Yes, but we have to do it now. Of course, if you'd prefer to sign her up, we are looking for infants to harvest lungs and kidneys from just now..."