Abstract
Sexual aggression is a general term that refers to a continuum of sexual activity involving increasing degrees of coercion up to and including rape. Sexual aggression includes the legal categories of sexual contacts, sexual acts, sexual imposition, and sexual intercourse when obtained through coercion or force and without consent. The focus of this chapter is the psychological characteristics of males who have engaged in sexual aggression against females. Since sexual aggression, though not uncommon, is not a behavior exhibited by all males, one may legitimately ask whether sexually aggressive men differ from sexually non-aggressive men. To examine this possibility, the literature concerning psychological disorders, attitudes, and sexual behavior of sexually aggressive men is reviewed, and several theoretical models of sexual aggression are presented and discussed.
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