Yet, that is what we see. It's always the big bad man, and the innocent woman. They think of a blurred movie in their head, with the man dominating over the woman, her struggling, him holding her and unzipping his pants. They can feel regret for what this woman has gone through. As much as the store clerk believed the black man was stereotypical, all we feel, think, and hear about rape is stereotypical also.
News reports say they do.
I agree and disagree. You can't get into someone's head at the minute of decision and find out what they were thinking. In some rare and extreme cases, with multiple offenders, I believe premeditation occurs. Most of the time, I think Johnny is walking around, horny because he couldn't find a good show on TV to jerk off to, and he sees this beautiful woman. He busts a seam, his mind races, he doesn't give much thought to the consequences, and it happens.