DRIVERS OF RAPE & ABUSE

Common experiences that lead people to rape include:

• Experience of violence at home or in the community.
• Witnessing or experiencing sexual abuse.
• Experience of being bullied.
• Alcohol and drug abuse.
• Mental health illness.

Some common belief that rapist has to include:

• They believe that their sexual partners do not have the right to say no to sex.
• They believe that they are entitled to sex whenever they feel aroused.
• They believe that women or young girls and boys are inferior to them.
• They believe that if they buy you drinks or gifts that you owe them sex.
• They believe that a woman or child is a sex object meant to satisfy their needs.