Rape A More Heinous Crime Than Murder - 1062 Words

We live in a Society that teaches one to be careful, not to get raped instead of teaching NOT TO RAPE. Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done, it s the most vulnerable that can be. It is a more heinous crime than murder. Each rape event is a different case and the motives behind it could be completely different, but in all cases the rape will happen to satisfy a certain psychological need. Nearly 1 in 5 or 22 million women and 1 in 71 or almost 1.6 million men have been raped during their lifetimes. About 80% of female victims experienced their first rape before the age of 25, almost half experienced their first rape before age 18, and about 35% of women who were raped as minors were also raped as adults. Around 28% of†¦show more content†¦Because of these beliefs some men start to want that kind of domination in order to feel manlier. Therefore some men rape women in order to assert their manhood especially if they have doubts about their own masculinity. Power rapists are less impulsive and rely on psychological manipulation more than physical violence to control and sexually assault their victims. â€Å"A power rapist is motivated by his need to control and dominate his victim, and inversely, to avoid being controlled by the victim, describes Dr. Lisak. (Causes, Statistics Sex Assault Types. 2015) About 44% of rapes fall under this category, luckily this is one of the least violent types of rape. Anger Retaliation Rapists are different because the Rapist wants to punish their victim. They express their hatred for their victim through physical violence and horrid language. For these rapists, sex is a weapon to humiliate and degrade the victim. This rapist considers rape the ultimate offense they can commit against the victim, their objective is to injure the victim and hospitalize them. About 67% of rape or sexual assault victims know the offender. Some Rapists will rape women in order to get revenge from a specific woman or even a women who resembles one who showed power over him, because men want to feel superior to women but some of them have low self confidence issues which forces them to believe that they are below women. In such a case a man