While working on these blogs for this class, it maked me think more and more as to why these sexual offenders do what they do? Several questions keep popping in my head as I write my blogs and research on them. What makes them want to do such horrible crimes? What exactly goes on in their heads as they commit these crimes? Were these offenders brought up in a bad enviroment as they grew up? Or were they sexually assualted themselves? Basicailly what it all come down too, is what makes these criminals do what they do?

It seems that there is a little of everything. Many of these sexual offenders have been raised in bad enviroments as they grew up. Some of been sexually assualted themselves when they were younger. So why perform such acts? For what reasons?Many people think that rape and sexual abuse is about the rapist trying to get sex. However, studies conducted with convicted rapists show that this isn't the case. Research shows that men who sexually offend do so to gain a sense of power and authority, while women sexually offend to either maintain or establish an emotional relationship. Sexual activity is the means by which this is achieved, not the reason for the rape.


“Why Do Men Rape.” Cosatu. 10 April 2007. http://www.cosatu.org.za/shop/shop0901/shop0901-08.html