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Groth and Birnbaum (1979) summarized:<ref>Groth AN, Birnbaum HJ. 1979. ''Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender.''</ref> | Groth and Birnbaum (1979) summarized:<ref>Groth AN, Birnbaum HJ. 1979. ''Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender.''</ref> | ||
{{quote|It is commonly-and mistakenly-assumed that men who rape do so either because they are sexually aroused or because they are sexually frustrated, or both. In fact, as we have seen, the motives underlying such assaults have more to do with issues of anger and power than with pleasure and desire.}} | {{quote|It is commonly-and mistakenly-assumed that men who rape do so either because they are sexually aroused or because they are ''sexually frustrated'', or both. In fact, as we have seen, the motives underlying such assaults have more to do with issues of anger and power than with pleasure and desire.}} | ||
Given that the majority of rapes of women (at least in the United States) are reported to be committed by acquaintances of the victims rather than strangers,<ref>https://www.rainn.org/statistics/perpetrators-sexual-violence</ref> and incels frequently report being shunned even from platonic relations with women, one could speculate that the inordinate fear some feminists have of incels committing acts of sexual violence is not caused by their fear of the act itself, but their primordial terror of being impregnated by what they see as 'inferior' men. | Given that the majority of rapes of women (at least in the United States) are reported to be committed by acquaintances of the victims rather than strangers,<ref>https://www.rainn.org/statistics/perpetrators-sexual-violence</ref> and incels frequently report being shunned even from platonic relations with women, one could speculate that the inordinate fear some feminists have of incels committing acts of sexual violence is not caused by their fear of the act itself, but their primordial terror of being impregnated by what they see as 'inferior' men. | ||