Nihilist:
This one is quite interesting.

Anyway here are my thoughts on the issue.

1. Harsh penalties are not a deterrent. A would be rapist will not baulk at the thought of doing time or even killed as a consequence for his\her perverse quest for gratification.

2. Educating people about r ape is pointless. Most men and women are fully aware of what the crime is. I doubt that anyone in the world is under the illusion that non-consensual sexual relations are morally and/or legally right.

3. Most victims do not report sexual attacks. Here in the UK there have been recent incidents when former victims are coming forward to report attacks from 20-30 years ago, often after their attackers have long passed away. RAINN (an anti_rape charity in America claim that about 68% of all sexual attacks go unreported)

4. Sexual offenders lists will not work in Nigeria for obvious reason: Lack of infrastructure, power, and the effectiveness of bribery

5. Law enforcement is non-existent. In 2012 I was introduced to a guy at Evans square Ebutte-Metta, who was just fresh out of jail. He was a convicted murder. According to government records, he is awaiting execution at KiriKiri prison....Instead he's a big time dope mover on Lagos Island.


To this end, I believe it is the Onus of every man and woman in Nigeria to protect himself/herself from rape, cos no-one else will do it for you. The government lacks the ability and/or political goodwill to implement any useful reforms.

Nigeria is also a country where criminals are most likely to get away with the crime. It's not gong to get better any time soon.

Nigeria is too broken to fix...and you realistically cannot hope to curb sexual offences in Nigeria. The best you can do is to try and protect yourself.

standd:
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standd:


You already know how our judicial system is here in Nigeria..
I just feel there are other solutions we are overlooking.
How they expose rapists who are found guilty over there in the states?

Freemanan:

Your choice of wit is poor. Try harder. I approached the problem from its root but seems your knowledge on sociology is too poor so you prefer making sarcasm. I will leave you to those who will give you a surface solution. Thanks.

cococandy:

How do you explain a victims being asked "what were you wearing when it happened? A simple but powerful question that connotes it is not the criminal's

Sabrwahaqqo:

If you are really concerned and passionate about the voiceless masses like you have said, I think the best you can do is to flag off an NGO that will stand up for the right of the oppressed.
OR
Pick a form come 2019 and run for a political office, the upper arm of the legislature will do. When you get there, you know what to do - you sponsor a bill that any man convicted of rape should be hanged by his balls or better still very hot metal rod be inserted into his banging pipe.
It's that simple

Icon4s:
By encouraging ladies to dress appropriately.

Icon4s:
By encouraging ladies to dress appropriately.

chimajii:


U don't sound right in the head. A lady dressing the way she pleases isn't an invitation to RAPE.

Icon4s:


It is to men that cant control their libido.

And but y cant you kids make contributions without throwing insults.

chimajii:


I needed to be emphatic with my first sentence. Too bad it struck u man. Then what happens to men who dress inappropriately? Is it also an invitation to ladies who can't control dia libidos to GO IN?

cococandy:
@ topic, I believe in reorientation. The average person out there is warped and almost imbecilic in reasoning. No offense.
How do you explain blaming and shaming victims while the perp goes around proudly like he did nothing. An added trauma on top of the one they've already been subjected to during the rape?
How do you explain a victims being asked "what were you wearing when it happened?". A simple but powerful question that connotes it is not the criminal's fault but the victims. How do you explain everyone around including law enforcement hushing victims and sometimes reprimanding them for not collecting money to just overlook what was done to them?

Until such diseased mindsets are scraped from among us, we would be pouring water on stone.
We need an overhaul. A very very sensational (if exaggerated) campaign against any form of sexual offenses regardless of if the victim walked out of his or her house neykid. Starting from the grassroots. Primary schools and working upwards. hopefully catch those ones young if we are lucky, some who have already grown with such mindsets will learn better.

Punishment too (long long jail terms). Like someone already suggested.
I don't even know how the sex offenders list will work when we don't have active database. How many employers can afford to run background checks in Nigeria. Maybe the big companies. But the smaller ones in smaller communities can't do such. They'll just employ a pedophile and set him or her to babysit kids.

I tire seriously.

standd:

I feel that I finally need to speak up since I now know that merely creating threads, pointing fingers and name-calling will no longer suffice. I am plain fed up with the hundreds of Rape cases being published in my country.
How do these cases end?
We even hear of pastors and elderly men begging the parents of the victim to withdraw their case against an offender who raped their child. And victims being shamed and blamed and at the end of the day, the rapist could relocate and commit the same offence all over again. Then some men now say that 9year old girls seduce them and witches push them to rape. So pathetic and shameful.

Okay, you may feel that it doesn't concern you but then what goes around comes around, and one day, it will finally concern you, directly or indirectly.

So, my question is.. What is the most viable way to curb sexual offences, rape and abuse of any form; against women, men, girls, boys and helpless children especially.


Do we begin to publish names and pictures of CONVICTED sexual offenders and paste them in public places?

Do we start a publication, blog, website where we put up the details of every sexual offence plus details of the rapists, then send the link to everyone we know?

Do we solicit any of our dailies to help publish these notices profiling sexual offenders and their addresses?

What do we do?

P.S: Pls, let us not talk about the NPF, or prison sentences or even any sort of law put in place that never favours the poor or the voiceless masses. Think about the physical and psychological effect on these helpless children subjected to rape by adults who later bribe their way out.

I plead that if you have links to dailies or ideas on things that can be done to proffer an effective and lasting solution to this evil debacle that has befallen our society, kindly let us know.
It is my belief that when a rapist sees his picture and name in public, it will stop him from committing the same offence again, and also serve as a deterrent to others who plan on abusing anyone in the future.


Disclaimer: My post do not cover those who were/are/will be wrongly accused of a crime they know nothing about. And only CONVICTED rapists should be exposed and punished.

Thank you.
Pls, send me a PM if you do not want to comment on this thread.
Looking forward to positive and lasting solutions.

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Icon4s:


Try nt to insult pple while commenting


Men that dress inappropriately are also attracted to some certain ladies. Eg, Some girls like guys that sag. They say it turns them on. Now the 2 major differences is tgat sexual libido of women is nt often as strong as that of men and secondly d fact dat u'll mostly need to over power (thru various means) a victim before u can molest makes women nt easily able to rape men even though they may b itching for it.

chimajii:


I don't do that, but on this ocassion I had to cause ur comment seemed like u pulled it from ya a s s.
Oan: I laughed @ this 'even though they mey b itching for it'...Morning

Sabrwahaqqo:
I love that stiff penalty for false accusation part... You've actually hit the nail on the head but don't you feel mobile courts are also necessary for stampede deliverance af justice? We both know how slow the judicial process is in this nation....

Freemanan:

If decency from the female pack is in tact, the rate of rape or sexual offences will reduce. Hence no need for this discussion... You get the idea?

dejisakin:


I am with you on this bro. I don't understand why we don't look at the root of a problem but bent on curbing the effect. Causes of rape includes indecent dressing, poor parental guidance for both male and female which have effect on a long run, (male becoming rapist, female indecent dressing), others are parental carelessness, ladies being at the wrong place etc. I need to also remind us that men are biologically wired to be attracted to what they see. Any female dressing indecently is sexually harassing a male, believe me, even a primary school kids because some men are poses. My take, every parent should play their role on children moral up bringing and let their be strict implementation of law on offenders. Thank you op

shadowgwalker:
what kind of philosurfer are u sef?

Warlord3000:
Come to think of it... The SEX OFFENDER list works great all over the world..

By the time you are unemployable and stigmatize for your past deeds... Then any other person will avoid it..

Create a Web database of it..

Your landlord check it before renting out a house...

Employers check it.. Etc


Living hell of a life for a sex offender

SAMBARRY:
It is not about sponsoring the bill its about IMPLEMENTATION or putting in place structures that allows the bill to see the light of the day if not you're just wasting your energy time and resources and nigerians won't even send you