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.
Men can control their sexual impulses. The vast majority of rapists are motivated by power, anger, and control, not sexual gratification. No woman or man can be raped against her or his will. Any person could prevent rape if he or she really wanted to. Women are often physically weaker than men and are not taught to defend themselves or to be physically aggressive.