Rape is not sex, and rape is not making love. Although the majority of rape cases involve vaginal penetration, this is done in a state of emotional terror without the woman giving consent. Rape is a total violation of a woman's rights over her own body and of her ability to make a sexual choice. Actually, from the woman's point of view, the sexual dimension of rape often assumes lesser importance than the violent aspects. Rape is fundamentally a crime of violence and not motivated by sexual desire.
Rapists use sexual violence to dominate their victims, to express anger and to feel powerful.
Nearly all rapes involve threats of bodily harm, and in many cases the woman suffers severe physical injury. Threats of violence are made even worse by the presence of a weapon and intimidating verbal abuse. An act of rape means that the woman was violated not only physically, but psychologically as well through the use of violence and verbal degradation. Women ask for it. The victim is absolutely not responsible for the rape.