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Reasons/ Aggressions on Rape
Rapist are not insane nor are they "sowing some wild oats." They are men who have serious psychological or personality disorders which they discharge through sexual violence. The consequences of this behavior have no meaning to the rapist at the time of the assault. Therefore, he is not bothered by such logical considerations as punishment, disgrace to his family, or injury to his victim. Rape is always an aggressive/violent act. In every single instance of rape aggression is involved, but it is clear that the sexual acts are the means of expressing the aggressive needs or feelings that control the offender.
Either anger or power is the main reason for rape, rather than being an expression of sexual desire; it is in fact the use of sexuality to express these feelings of power and anger (Russell, 1990, P. 121). In some cases of rape it is apparently clear that sex becomes a means of expressing and discharging feelings of pent up anger and rage. This type of rapist attacks his victims, and the assault is characterized by physical brutality. More actual force is used than is necessary if the intent were simply to control the victim. He may use a blitz kind of attack, a violent surprise offensive in which the woman is caught totally off guard (Evans, 1996, P. 78).
The rape experience for this type of assaulter is one of conscious anger and rage, and he expresses his hate through abusive and profane language. If his primary motive is of anger, and if he is not motivated by sex, why doesn’t this type of rapist confine his attack to battering the victim? Why does he also rape her? The answer seems to be that the offender sees rape as the ultimate offense that he can use against another human being. Rape is the ultimate expression of his rage. The victim is faceless to the anger rapist. His victim is an object of his uncontrollable anger (Matsakis, 1996, P. 33).
In a power rape, power is the major factor motivating the rapist. In this type of assault, it is not his desire to harm the victim, but to possess her sexually. Sex becomes a means of compensating for feelings of inadequacy and serves to express his issues of mastery, strength, control, authority, identity, and capability (Herman, 1992, P. 212). His goal is sexual conquest, so he only uses the amount of force necessary to accomplish this goal. His aim is to capture and to control the woman (Ledray, 1986, P. 21). Physical aggression can be used to overpower and trap the woman; however, the intent of the offender is usually to achieve intercourse with this woman as evidence of conquest. To do this, he will resort to whatever force he finds necessary to control his victim and make her helpless. Such types of rapists entertain obsessive thoughts and masturbatory fantasies about sex and rape.
In truth the offender finds little satisfaction in the rape. The attack is disappointing to him; it never ever lives up to his perfect fantasy (Warshaw, 1988, P. 345). He may lie to himself to explain the situation, but he still senses that he has not found what he was looking for in the attack. Therefore he must go out and rape again, in hopes of finding "the right one." This type of rapist may commit several rapes in a very short period of time (Ledray, 1986, P. 4). The attacks are either premeditated or opportunistic. The choice of victim is predominately determined by availability, accessibility, and vulnerability. The sexual assaults primarily coexist with consenting sexual relationships in the life of the offender.
The power rapist will constantly deny that the sexual encounter was forcible. The power rapist desperately needs to think the women wanted and enjoyed it. Following the assault, he may insist on taking the victim out for drinks or dinner and express his wish to discredit any rape report that she might eventually file. But in other cases this mirrors his fantasy expectations that the sexual conquest has created a desire for him on the part of the victim (Koss, 1993, P. 64). In the third pattern of rape, both sex and aggression become fused together into a single experience called sadism. There is a transformation of anger and power so that aggression becomes erotic. This offender finds the intentional mistreatment of his victim extremely gratifying and takes pleasure in her torment and suffering (Evans, 1996, P. 79).
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Rapist are not insane nor are they "sowing some wild oats." They are men who have serious psychological or personality disorders which they discharge through sexual violence. The consequences of this behavior have no meaning to the rapist at the time of the assault. Therefore, he is not bothered by such logical considerations as punishment, disgrace to his family, or injury to his victim. Rape is always an aggressive/violent act. In every single instance of rape aggression is involved, but it is clear that the sexual acts are the means of expressing the aggressive needs or feelings that control the offender.
Either anger or power is the main reason for rape, rather than being an expression of sexual desire; it is in fact the use of sexuality to express these feelings of power and anger (Russell, 1990, P. 121). In some cases of rape it is apparently clear that sex becomes a means of expressing and discharging feelings of pent up anger and rage. This type of rapist attacks his victims, and the assault is characterized by physical brutality. More actual force is used than is necessary if the intent were simply to control the victim. He may use a blitz kind of attack, a violent surprise offensive in which the woman is caught totally off guard (Evans, 1996, P. 78).
The rape experience for this type of assaulter is one of conscious anger and rage, and he expresses his hate through abusive and profane language. If his primary motive is of anger, and if he is not motivated by sex, why doesn’t this type of rapist confine his attack to battering the victim? Why does he also rape her? The answer seems to be that the offender sees rape as the ultimate offense that he can use against another human being. Rape is the ultimate expression of his rage. The victim is faceless to the anger rapist. His victim is an object of his uncontrollable anger (Matsakis, 1996, P. 33).
In a power rape, power is the major factor motivating the rapist. In this type of assault, it is not his desire to harm the victim, but to possess her sexually. Sex becomes a means of compensating for feelings of inadequacy and serves to express his issues of mastery, strength, control, authority, identity, and capability (Herman, 1992, P. 212). His goal is sexual conquest, so he only uses the amount of force necessary to accomplish this goal. His aim is to capture and to control the woman (Ledray, 1986, P. 21). Physical aggression can be used to overpower and trap the woman; however, the intent of the offender is usually to achieve intercourse with this woman as evidence of conquest. To do this, he will resort to whatever force he finds necessary to control his victim and make her helpless. Such types of rapists entertain obsessive thoughts and masturbatory fantasies about sex and rape.
In truth the offender finds little satisfaction in the rape. The attack is disappointing to him; it never ever lives up to his perfect fantasy (Warshaw, 1988, P. 345). He may lie to himself to explain the situation, but he still senses that he has not found what he was looking for in the attack. Therefore he must go out and rape again, in hopes of finding "the right one." This type of rapist may commit several rapes in a very short period of time (Ledray, 1986, P. 4). The attacks are either premeditated or opportunistic. The choice of victim is predominately determined by availability, accessibility, and vulnerability. The sexual assaults primarily coexist with consenting sexual relationships in the life of the offender.
The power rapist will constantly deny that the sexual encounter was forcible. The power rapist desperately needs to think the women wanted and enjoyed it. Following the assault, he may insist on taking the victim out for drinks or dinner and express his wish to discredit any rape report that she might eventually file. But in other cases this mirrors his fantasy expectations that the sexual conquest has created a desire for him on the part of the victim (Koss, 1993, P. 64). In the third pattern of rape, both sex and aggression become fused together into a single experience called sadism. There is a transformation of anger and power so that aggression becomes erotic. This offender finds the intentional mistreatment of his victim extremely gratifying and takes pleasure in her torment and suffering (Evans, 1996, P. 79).
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