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I don't think you can consider what goes on in prisons as sex. Most of the time it's rape. It is interesting to observe how Americans view sex in prison as if
by qw 17y ago
I don't think you can consider what goes on in prisons as sex. Most of the time it's rape.
It is interesting to observe how Americans view sex in prison as if it was inevitable. If inmates were raped in my country, there would be an outrage. And the number of rapes in prison here are very close to zero (don't have the stats but I remember reading that it almost never happen). And this is a western European country, so in theory the culture should be relatively comparable.
- mixmax 17y agoEuropeans and Americans are more different than you think once you look a bit closer.
- catzaa 17y agoIn my country (South Africa) prison rape is also common. I've read a study (not going to search for it now) that the AIDS prevalence for people in prison actually goes down (which is suprising). A lot of sex in prison also isn't rape. The biggest cause for the rape problem in prisons is prison overcrowding (Europe doesn't have that problem at the scale of the USA or RSA). The problem is that the USA has a much higher incarceration rate than European countries.
- eru 17y agoAlso a lot of prisoners in e.g. Germany are allowed to leave the prison for a few hours. And their are also allowed to have sex with visitors. Are condoms still forbidden in prison in the US?