Sex Offenders words that define a hidden truth behind men who rape. When a person hears the word sex offender, the usual scene comes to mind: a dark place, a gun, and a man raping a woman, but that's not just what a sex offender is. Rape is divided into three basic types: anger rape, power rape, and sadistic rape. An offender is not necessarily mentally disabled, insane, or simply a sex addict as the media has led people to think, but rather a person who shows that thoughts of rape can happen to anyone in the world. world. “Rape is a pseudo-sexual act, complex and multi-determined, but which addresses issues of hostility and control more than passion.” A person gains access to sex either through consent, pressure, or force, the step by which sex becomes rape. An offender usually never rapes a person for their sexual desire, they want to free themselves from the extreme stress they might be feeling, anger or simply feeling the need for someone to be more vulnerable and inferior than they are. feels. In most cases, the main reason someone raped someone else was because the person had a problem that was overwhelming them to the point that they needed to release their feelings in a way that seemed cause as much damage to the victim as they felt internally. Anger rape is characterized as rape committed out of anger, the rapist has a lot of it buried and needs to find a way to get rid of it. These men looked for the ideal victim during episodes of frustration, usually someone alone and nearby. An offender may state that he approached his victim in an acceptable way, but then changed and became violent, he feels the need to knock his victim off his pedestal and that rape was the best choice because it is the worst thing that could happen. middle of paper ... the offenders mentioned in the book actually believed that the victim was not going to come forward and accuse them, it seemed logical to know that they would. Another thing that impressed me was the fact that many of them said they had trouble getting an erection because they weren't physically aroused by the victim, and/or they had problems during penetration. As I read, I realized that I didn't like the fact that one of the offenders said he was able to fool his therapist and make it seem like he was perfectly fine when in reality he was. was not the case. It seems a little scary to know that there are therapists who don't realize that the person is lying. Overall, the book was a great learning experience for me because not only did I learn the difference between types of rape, but also that every offender is different and not everyone thinks or acts not in the same way..