The Psychology of the Rapist

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This paper discusses the topic of the psychology of offenders. It incorporates a brief description of the psychodynamics of rape, including anger rape, power rape and sadistic rape. Experts agree rape is not a sexually motivated crime. It is a crime of opportunity, or anger, or power, but the sex act itself usually does not motivate the rape. The paper shows that in fact, many rapists enjoy decent sexual relationships with their wives or partners. Most experts define rape as any sexual act that both parties do not agree upon.

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"They may also commit other degrading acts, such as urinating on the victim, or forcing oral or anal sex (Birnbaum & Groth 14). In addition, the rapist does not find sexual gratification in the act, rather they experience a release of their anger, but they may feel disgusted by their sexual actions. These men are often extremely angry with women for some psychological women, and so, they take all their anger on random women ("A Round-Up of Rapists"). These rapists can be especially dangerous, and they must come to grips with their own anger and reaction to it to come to grips with their violent natures."

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