I was wondering why is it that through-out human history, armies have often rape the people they conquer. I mean, I understand that after a sucessful siege they would start butchering the people, so as to steal their material things, but why rape them?
Is it just that those man were so horny that they couldn't control themselves, to the extent that they were willing to participate in a gang rape out of sexual hunger? Or is it that humans are like dogs in this sense; Dogs become more violent and disobedient when they join a large group of dogs. Are humans this way too? Is it simply that those man who participate in those rapes did it not for sexual satisfaction (for how can those man enjoy such short turn with the girl, in such circumstance) or for the feeling of power, but because they were in a large group of man and instictively tried to satisfy the other group members and the alpha males?
Furthermore, I am left wondering, are there other animals who rape? Would not a pact of male dogs, when meeting a lonely female dog (who is on her period) gang rape her, or will they start fighting for the female dog?
And I see a difference between a man raping a female, and a group of male humans raping a female. I suppose the difference lies in the motives. So I want to focus this discussion on the group rape which occur in circumstances like the after "partys" of sieges.
EDIT: Can a moderator change the title to; "Nature of Group Rape"