Talk:Prison sexuality
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My understanding is that this is mostly an American problem, and these things do not happen in Good Old Europe.
- That's because solitary confinement is the norm in Europe: one inmate per cell --Mzzl 18:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
<American prisons are overcrowded, Europe, being a nation of higher standards runs their prisons like a hotel, with computers and carpets.> Whatever. Ask any Turkish inmate about custodial rape being a mostly 'American' problem.
- Ouch! :) - Jacottier 01:04, May 6, 2005 (UTC)
Is it possible to get a mention in this article about whether or not this happens in female prisons?
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[edit] NPOV problems
This article takes a drastic switch after the first paragraph. Rarely is the approach taken in other articles that is taken here - a "setting aside another viewpoint." It sounds bad and makes the article seem inconsistent. In addition, the bit about human nature and animal-based archetypes should be either re-worded or better investigated and cited - the phrase it's "human nature" is an absurdity.
- I agree with the NPOV problems. This article seems very biased. For instance, "Consent in prison" is argued to be inherently illusory." Even if that is true, I feel the article should start out less argumentative.
- Xiphoris 21:48, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- I also agree insofar as it's NPOV issues. I'm currently too fried to really add much to the conversation, or article but some quick googling has produced this article on the topic, which does make reference to voluntary same-sex relations between inmates. It references a study, which I have not been able to find, called: "An ethnosemantic study of the culture of prison sexuality". Since I haven't read the study, or checked out its sources, I'm not parituclarly inclined to use it as a source. However, would it make a decent external link? --Scandalous 06:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The article's title
The article seems to be mainly about sexual abuse between males in prison. Not only are we missing some pieces about women prisons, but I also think that the article's title is misleading and wrong. It would be better to just name it Sexual abuse in Prison, since in my view Sexual abuse is not about sexuality. The article clearly states that the abuse occuring very often has nothing to do with the Prioners' sexuality. ❝Sverdrup❞ 13:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
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- If the focus is to remain in that direction, perhaps, but I feel that the topic of Prison Sexuality itself should be dealt with, and this article would be the appropriate place to do so. --Scandalous 06:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Bubba"
See Talk:Bubba. - 70.109.72.185 23:37, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Low quality
This whole article is just a very condensed, slightly inaccurate, summary of the No Escape website. No Escape is a good page, but only a Male Prisoner Rape awareness site; this article should cover historical, international, male and female prison sexuality (prisoner-to-prisoner rape, guard-to-prisoner rape, and voluntary). It needs many more sources... honestly it would be better to remove what's there and let us start over IMO.
Agreed. As is, this article is extremely un-encyclopedic. 207.6.31.6
There didn't seem to be a mention of how some of the "victims" enter into an arangement with a "rapist" willingly in order to procure protection from the prison population.--Johnnyarbogast 23:12, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merger with Prison rape
Prison Rape and Prison Sexuality should probably be merged together, as much of the info is repeated and prison sexuality is basically about prison rape. Justinmeister 07:16, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
