sex offenders

Sex offenders words that define a hidden truth behind men who rape. When a person hears the word sex offender the usual scene comes to mind a dark place, a weapon, and a man raping a woman but this is not just what a sex offender is. Rape is broken down into three basic types anger rape, power rape, and sadistic rape. A offender is not necessarily mentally disabled, crazy, or just a sex addict as the media has led people to think , but rather a person who shows that rape thoughts could happen to just about anyone in the world. “Rape is a pseudo sexual act , complex and multi-determined , but addressing issues of hostility and control more than passion.” A person gains sexual access either through consent , pressure, and through force which is the step in which sex becomes rape. A offender usually never rapes a person for sexual desire, they wish to release the extreme amount of stress they might have, anger, or just feel the need that someone is more vulnerable and inferior than they feel they are. In most of the cases the main reason why someone raped someone else was because the person had a problem that overwhelmed him to the point that he needed to release his feeling in a way that seemed to cause as much damage to the victim as they felt within them.

Anger rape is characterized as a rape done out of anger the rapist has a lot of bottled up and needs to find a way to dispose of it. These men would look for the perfect victim during episodes of frustration usually someone alone and nearby. An offender may report approaching his victim in an acceptable manner but then changing and becoming violent, they feel they need to knock their victim off their pedestal and that rape was the best choice since it is the worst thing that c...

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...he offenders mentioned in the book actually believed the victim was not going to speak out and accuse them, it seemed like common sense to know they would. Another thing that impressed me was the fact that many of them said they had a hard time getting an erection because they were not physically aroused by the victim , and or they had problems during penetration. While reading I realized that I disliked the fact that one of the offenders said he was able to fool his therapist and make himself seem like he was perfectly fine when in fact he wasn’t . It seems a bit frightening to know that there are therapist that do not realize when the person is in fact lying. Overall, the book was a great learning experience for me because not only did I learn the difference in types of rape, but also the fact that each offender is different and that not all think or act the same.