Rape by Ronan S. Estoque, MA (January, 2007)

Historically, rape was considered a crime against property. This was tied to the concept that women were just properties and that their prime asset is their virginity. Hence, when one has sex with someone that is not your wife, one is practically stealing from the father (if the woman is single) or from the husband (if the woman is married).

Generally, there are only two types of rape. One is forcible and the other one is statutory. From the word forcible – there is an application of force, a threat or coercion. Statutory on the other hand is having sex with a minor.

There are four classification of rapist and these are:


Power assertive
Power reassurance
Sexual retaliatory and
Sexual sadism

er assertive rapists are those who commit the act of rape just to show that they could commit such an act and could get away with it without getting punished.

er reassurance rapists are those who commit the act of rape because they are insecure about themselves and that the act of raping someone gives them a certain amount of psychological lift that they still matter and is still significant (if not to the community but to their victims).

Sexual retaliatory rapists are those who were victims of sexual abuse themselves and are just passing their horror to somebody else.

Sexual sadism rapists are those who derive pleasure from the misery and agony of other individuals (usually, the victim).