Hyper-masculinity and Sexual Assualt

Many people believe that Sexual Assault can be link to Hyper-masculinity, and people who commit acts of sexual violence are generally people who seek power, and strength. These men are scene as having primal characteristics of aggression, and think they should be sleeping with many females.

Some may say that this is not true, that most men aren't Hyper-masculine. The truth is men are taught to be masculine, and dominant. Boys at a young age are indoctrinated into a culture where men need to be powerful and strong to succeed. They are under the impression that if they are stronger than other men they are better. They play sports and games where they need to be the aggressor in order to win and gratify themselves or others. Now parents don't come out direct and say you need to be strong and tough!  If you aren't you will fail. But in the culture we live in today the norm is "The Strong Survive."    If a little boy gets hurt parents are most likely going to say "Suck it up Kid!"

In my personal opinion I think there are a number of forces that are attributed to sexual assault. Men may feel as if they aren't good enough, they could feel "in-masculine" and this could lead to them going out and seeking sexual gratification. Men are genetically more likely to try and be the more dominant rather than females, the thought that males in general are trying to spread their genes in order to enlarge their species. Another factor to consider is that in many cases women who are assaulted know the person who assaulted them. This acquaintance or friend would know some routines of the victim, know where they live, what they enjoy doing. Or it could be someone they see often like a store clerk, teacher, maintenance worker. These people have deep psychological issues that make them feel as if they need to dominate women, they are prizes, the more they sleep with the more masculine they are; or they could be feeling as if they need to go out and commit these crimes in order to bring some feeling of power and dominance into their lives. Women need to protect them selves from these type of men, but its not all up to the women. Parents of men need to have talks with their children about how they treat women, how they are not prizes, and no matter what they wear they aren't inviting anything.