Sex and rape have little relationship

By Anthony Hegarty

How sad it is to have to read the story of a tagged sex offender having attacked and murdered a woman in her home in Seoul.

Let me point out that the only ones to gain from tagging are private security companies who run these programs. The rest of us are left to defend ourselves against the likes of a man named Seo, who has been arrested for this latest crime.

In the past I have written of my criticism of so called government policy ?experts? who froth at the mouth with academic qualifications having spent their entire lives reading books but not having a clue about real life experiences which allows people like Seo to perpetrate their crimes.

I wonder if the ?expert? who recommended the tag for Seo is willing to take responsibility for his actions! I doubt it very much. I suggest the same expert would be surprised to know that there is little or no relationship between the desire for sex and rape. The fact is sex is not a motivating factor for rape; so is Seo really a ?sex offender??

When the subject of legalizing prostitution arises there is always the argument put forward that such legislation would reduce or even eliminate the crime of rape. Well, an individual who is prepared to commit such a heinous crime against another person is not likely to be concerned about breaking a misdemeanour law to meet a woman and pay her for consenting sex. It is a nonsense argument.

Over the years studies have focussed primarily on rape victimology and recovery procedures. Despite these studies there has been relatively far less research into the actual rapist, who as the example of prostitution above exemplifies, is not an individual desperate for sex. Indeed, many rapists are married or in stable relationships.

We can group rapists into three types and by understanding these characteristics we can better predict their behaviours.

First, the ?anger rapist? is an individual who has highly contained feelings which need to be released. The level of violence he levels against his victim is far more than would be required if he were simply in need of sex. He might consider sex as dirty but a requirement to further degrade his victim. He is the type who will approach his victim and unleash his attack without saying anything; ripping her clothes and committing the rape.

He is also the type who will snap during the course of a mild conversation when something inside of him triggers his anger, from which point he is not considering sex with the victim, but is intent on hurting her, or perhaps even killing her.

Second, we have the ?power rapist.? Here the offender?s power is the foremost factor in the assault. His objective is to possess the victim, to control her sexually. He is in fact weak, perhaps having been bullied throughout his life and feels completely inadequate. Thus he will seek to demonstrate his power and ask the victim if ?she is enjoying it,? ??am I better than your husband???

The offender is actually living a fantasy he has developed and it is the overpowering of the victim that he relishes.

Third, there exists the ?sadistic rapist.? This is a combination of sexuality and violence that has become eroticised. He enjoys the undignified nature of the victim?s suffering. In one case an offender would strip the victim and give her an enema prior to raping her anally. In most cases he climaxed just at the vision of the enema because that humiliation was more gratifying than any potential sexual encounter.

These are the characteristics investigators should be looking for in EVERY rape investigation. However, it would appear that the crime is too often trivialised and deemed to be a man who simply went too far. Would the ?experts? say that Seo simply went too far?

Tags are useful to ensure shoplifters are not penetrating shopping areas, or to keep pickpockets away from crowds; each offender knowing they would be rearrested if their ?tracking records? showed they had broken their conditions of freedom.

I thus challenge the ?expert? to give his reasons publicly as to why Seo was deemed suitable to be released on a tag.

The writer works at Risk & Security Management. His email address is helios@discreet-services.com.

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