WHY MEN RAPE CHILDREN.....GET TO KNOW THE REASONS HERE.
experiences that shape us and who we are to become. We are strongly influenced by our upbringing, which serves as the foundation for the pages of our own unique life story.
So if you are brought up with anger, negativity, beatings and rejection as the norm, then you are subject to a vicious cycle of violence. You will grow up thinking that’s the way that you should be, unless someone who cares intervenes - a teacher, a relative, a religious leader or even a caring neighbour.
Children can tick all the boxes for negative behaviour, yet not grow into aggressive adults. But Kleijn says that somewhere along the line, that child must have had a positive role model in their life.
Kleijn spent three years interviewing 10 men in maximum-security prisons around South Africa, all of whom were serving long sentences for raping children younger than three.
The specialist wanted to “understand the why”. and emphasised that understanding the behaviour was not excusing it. But, if you can understand “the why”, then maybe you can start to find a solution. “If you show empathy for a rapist, it is not the same as showing empathy for their act,” he said.
He found that the men were all “severely damaged human beings”, and it’s for this reason that they did what they did. They feel no empathy or remorse because they don’t know how.
He found that the men were all “severely damaged human beings”, and it’s for this reason that they did what they did. They feel no empathy or remorse because they don’t know how.
