Rape is caused by the victim. If a woman flirts or wears sexy clothing, she is asking for it. It takes away a person's control over her or his own body and choices. Both men and women may want to look attractive, but no one asks for or enjoys a violent physical attack which puts her or him at risk of injury, disease, pregnancy, or death. It cannot happen to me.
Assailants seek out victims who they perceive to be vulnerable.
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center has worked with victims from infancy to ninety-two years of age and from all racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. Rapists are motivated by the desire to have power and control over another person, not by sexual attraction. Male rape is not homosexual rape. Many male victims do not report the assault because they fear further humiliation. Rape is an impulsive, uncontrollable act of sexual gratification.