As it stands the majority of these crimes are perpetrated by men against women. I have to believe that the sick people that commit these crimes are motivated by what's in their shorts and specifically by a warped sense of how to get it off. The brutal rapes should be punished severely. I think that there has been too much understanding by the men in power over the years. Sorry about the language, but it's a bunch of bull shit that a woman cant walk around alone without worring about getting raped.
Rape is about power.
Rape is brutal. It's a pathetic fact that in many states the penalty for abusing a pet is worse than abusing your wife. Rape and abuse destoy a woman's ability to trust and function in society. For a man to have that ability over another human being - it's all about power. As for women feeling safe, there's a long way to go for that to happen.