Rape is a crime motivated by a need to control, humiliate and harm. Rapists use sexual assault as a weapon to hurt and dominate others. 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.
Men aren t sexually assaulted. Almost as many boys as girls will be assaulted by age eighteen. No one can be sexually assaulted against his or her own will. Most adult victims, even those who are not physically harmed, fear injury and death during a sexual assault. Many are formulated on the basis of prejudice, bigotry, and media misrepresentation.