by no one in particular

Created on: June 10, 2008

Rape is not about sex. Rape is about anger, control and violent aggression expressed sexually. Rape is defined as sexual intercourse forced on a person without his or her permission. Sadly in this day and age the vast majority of rapes go unreported, statistics claim that 1 in 3 women will endure rape in their lifetime and 1 in 6 men. There is still much shame surrounding this crime, resulting in few cases being reported and fewer still successfully prosecuted. Sexual battery and assault continue to go unreported further reflecting the secrecy and shame of the victims of these crimes. The tactic of blaming the victim used by unscrupulous defense attorneys would prove unfruitful if society would embrace the truth about this crime.

In the vast majority of cases this crime does not occur out of a need for sexual satisfaction or gratification, non sexual needs are expressed through this act. The crime is separated into three types of offenders and the crimes reflect the nature of the offender. While there is no single theory that explains why men do this, much can be learned by studying these three types of offenders and rapes.

Men that commit the type of rapes known as anger rapes are expressing pent up frustration resulting in anger and rage. In unleashing this on their victim these crimes are characteristically more brutal than power rape or date rape which have similarities. These crimes are committed less frequently and without a particular pattern by the individual. Circumstances within the offenders daily life lead him to seek a release for these intense emotions, and his objective is to vent his frustration and fury on the victim. In these rapes the level of violence and brutality are taken to unnecessary heights, the violence is far more than needed to overcome his victim. He subjects her to vile language, vicious physical beatings, and the rape itself is a way to vent the worse humiliation possible on her. He is indifferent the victim and pays little attention to her pain and suffering as her feelings and experience mean nothing to him, his focus is his own anger.

Power rape is the way that men who experience feelings of inadequacy, fear, and perhaps are weak in their relationships seek to feel powerful. These are the men that spend time fantasizing about the act, finding the "right" victim and are rarely satisfied by the behavior leading them to search for the next conquest. In this rape the focus is on control rather than violence and minimal force is

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