Is sexual assult and rape used as a method to control through humiliation and intimidate?

Question

control

"teach a lesson to"

have power over...

Answer 1

Yes, the psychological fall out effects suffered by victims points to the statement being true for the victim. The perpetrator is motivated by power, humiliation and intimidation are just showings of that power.

Answer 2

Actually you are right. One dramatic example is how rape is used in battles and wars. POWs are often raped and sexually assulted- look at abu ghraib...

http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_ap...

The females of the "enemy" are the biggest target for rape and sexual assult, because men on an unconsious primal level, are killing off your enemies chances for creating the next generation. Therefore, they have literally permanently occupied  their enemies territory threw the children they help to create.

Also in most cultures females esp are humiliated or killed by those in their own community for being a rape victim. Fortuneately, compassion is often replacing the blaming the victim mentality.

Using someone sexually is like taking a some or most of that person's soul and identity.