A disturbing trend is on the increase. I was shocked at the high incidents of this form of criminality, if it indeed happened. It is the date rape. There is no single form of date rape. Some rapes occur on first dates; others after a relationship has been developed; still others after the couple has been involved for some time. In long-term or close relationships, the male partner may feel he has invested so much time and money in his partner that he is owed sexual favors or that sexual intimacy is an expression that the involvement is progressing.
He may make comparisons to other couples who have dated as long and are sexually active. Males who use force in their dating relationships are more likely to be angry, jealous, and stressed, have poor communication skills, act irrationally, use alcohol, and report more efforts to control their partners than those men who never use force in dating relationships. [Read more…]