It is a crime of power, not sex. The Tie that Binds The lives of sexual assault victims are forever changed. They are emotionally, physically, and psychologically harmed. No matter what their age or gender is, the impact of sexual violence destroys trust and threatens safety. Sexual violence also exacts a price that is paid by each individual who is abused, assaulted, or molested as a child, or attacked as an adult.
Rape is just a sexual act, no big deal.
It is the sexual release of anger or control or power to inflict violence and humiliation on the victim. Rape is essentially a matter of verbal consent, whether there is physical force or not. Without verbal consent, the act is rape. The way a woman dresses or acts does not give a man the right to rape her and force her into something she does not want. The victims are young, old, male, and female, married and single, of any race or economic class.