Rape doesn t effect many people. The primary motive for rape is sexual. Rape is about power and control it is not about sex. The ultimate goal of rape is to humiliate, overpower and control another individual. At the Houston Area Women's Center, our youngest client was an infant and our oldest client 97 years old.
Rape is provoked by the victim.
This myth is based on the notion that people ask to be raped by what they wear or do. Only the rapist is responsible for the sexual assault. Rape occurs only among strangers. A person is less likely to report a sexual assault by a friend or relative. Rape occurs only between a man and a woman.