Why do people sexually assult / rape other people? What goes on in their minds?

Why do they do it?
Are they mentally ill?
Or do they like to control people?

I got sexually assulted 2 days ago.
A middle-eastern guy kept on grabbing me & pressed his crotch against my bum. It was caught on cctv, is it bad enough to report it to the police?
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  • people who sexually assault other people have got very high urge for sex or sex related activities otherwise they are normal for other things I mean they would like to fuck a woman
    for people who do ( say a straight man) whenever will look on woman he will have urge to fuck her he won't be having normal sight over a woman he will definitely look at private parts even when talking normally to her they can't be spotted that what's going on in their mind they will be spotted when they commit it
    but whatsoever reason would be nobody have right to even touch other person until with his /her consent what happendd to u was really a shameful act I feel sorry for u

  • From Disorganized attachment as a diathesis for sexual deviance: Developmental experience and the motivation for sexual offending:

    Recently, researchers and theorists have begun to focus attention on the early attachments and developmental contexts of sexual offenders. Attachment theory provides a unique conceptual perspective from which to derive possible motivation for some sexual offense behavior, as well as explore the inter- and intrapersonal contexts that contribute to deviant sexual behavior. The quality of attachments in childhood and adolescence is well known to impact development of critical self-regulatory functions such as emotional definition and control, cognitive self-definition, and interpersonal expectation. In this paper, in an effort to contribute to an extant etiological model of sexual offending [Trauma, Violence, Abus 1 (2000) 250], attachment disorganization is identified as a marker for severe attachment insecurity, a specific diathesis in the etiology of sexual offending. We hypothesize that individuals with disorganized attachment experiences do not adequately develop and/or fail to adequately internalize self-regulatory skills, and thus may be more likely to rely on externally based means of self-regulation. In particular, sexual offending is identified as one of several possible strategies of externally based intra- and interpersonal control, emerging primarily in adolescence in response to several pressures: a frightening experience of the self, poor interpersonal relationships, childhood experience with adult sexuality, and the biological and social push of puberty.

  • Middle-Eastern Guy? Id report it As for the question, they think they are entitled

    • Wait what? Middle-eastern men think they're entitled to sex? (My mum told me that they like blondes and im blonde)

    • Pretty much yeah..

    • Woahh. Thats messed up.

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  • Horrible self discipline, a superiority complex and thinking they can get away with anything

  • Personally, I'd rather not know, I don't wanna know how they think.

    Sorry that happened to you.

  • Because they don t respect... or because they have illness.. mentally or because they are drunk

  • Because they are not right in the head.

  • I would definitely report it. It is still an assault.

  • Report it police soon. Most CCTV only records 48 hours.

  • That is sexual assault, plain and simple.
    And, yes, report it to the police.
    If you let it go, the next girl might not just get rubbed on!

  • Yes please report it to the police. You have evidence. No idea what goes on in their minds.

  • There are just evil people in the world.

    I hope you are okay. Did you call the police?

  • nah they just didnot have a healthy sexual life or romantic relationship during their teenages i guess.

  • I can't answer. This hits to close for real life. Had a family member commit the crime very recently.

  • There are several most common reasons, they are often combined:
    Uncontrollable lust
    Chronic lack of sex
    Maniacal desire to dominate
    Obsessive need to control people (including sexually)
    Satyriasis (male version of Nymphomania)
    Sadism and craving to humiliate people
    Violent tendencies and certain psychic disorders.