The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts is known as rape. Throughout history many occurrences of rape have occurred usually with men raping women. Why do men rape women? A look at a convicted rapist's personal background may lead us to believe cultural deviance has an effect on men and their perception of women. Raising a child in a delinquent environment may result in the nurture of a rapist. On the other hand, psychological disturbance is a claim many rapist's use for their reason of assault. Many convicted rapists may think their maltreatment was due to a psychological disorder, but in reality was perpetuated directly from an environment that produces juvenile delinquents.
             I support the idea that a juvenile growing up in a culturally deviant area will be subjected to criminal lifestyles, and could learn deviant practices, patterns of behavior, and norms. Being raised in such environment will lead one to participate in aggressive sexual acts such as rape. The social conditions that make up these areas are physical deteriation, economic segregation, racial and ethnic segregation; a high incidence of social ills, such as infant mortality, mental illness, unemployment, divorce and desertion; and a high rate of dropping out of school. (Frese et al., 2004) Furthermore, people raised in these environments don't generally deny societal norms; instead use various "techniques of neutralization" that serve to justify norm violations under certain conditions. (Bohner et al., ,1998) Three thinking behaviors, or "techniques", that the cultural deviant population tends to follow after raping are: denial of the victim (e.g. they deserved it), denial of injury (e.g. nobody was really hurt), and denial of responsibility (e.g. I was provoked, I couldn't control myself) (Bohner et al. 1998). Though these thinking behaviors may reduce the rapist anxiety level, they do not make sense to the victim.
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