Rapists use sexual violence as a weapon to hurt and dominate others. Women ask to be raped. The way people look, act or dress does not invite sexual assault. Victims are selected because they appear vulnerable. Sexual assault is an act of violence.
Rapists are lonely, sexually unfulfilled men.
Boys and men cannot be sexually assaulted. Almost as many boys as girls will be sexually assaulted by age eighteen. One in nine men will be sexually assaulted as an adult. If a male is sexually assaulted it does not mean he is or will become gay. A person's sexual orientation is not determined by a sexual assault.