Moving through the myths and realities that support sex-role stereotyping, we can uncover two differences that do distinguish men from women. Women carry and give birth to children and men, on the average, are a little heavier and taller than women. Around these facts have grown whole cultures in which men have varying degrees of power, both collectively and individually, economically, politically and physically. In contrast, women are relatively powerless. The rape situation is an enactment of this unequal power relationship.
Rape is a sex crime committed by men with uncontrollable sex drives.
Rape is a crime of aggression committed by men who want to dominate, degrade and compel physical intimacy on unwilling women. Most rapes are not spontaneous but planned ahead of time. Rapists are no different than the average man, physically, sexually or psychologically. Most have a greater tendency to express violence and rage more openly. Rape happens outside in dark, isolated places.