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Rape Versus Biology Rape has a long history based in violence and aggression. There are several theories on why men rape, however the new field of Evolutionary Psychology has a new and interesting theory on the subject. According to “The Evolutionary Orientation”, evolutionary psychology, has its roots in “social evolutionism” which is “an evolutionary model [used] to explain all aspects of human social organization” (20). Eventually social evolutionism was disputed and rejected by many although the views are similar to what is held by evolutionary psychologists. The goal of evolutionary psychology is “to generate good theories of personality development” (37). What this means is that biology dictates personality and culture. In “A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion”, Randy Thor