Why do people commit sexual acts against innocent children?

I just found out my girlfriend was raped and molested repeatedly when she was 13 by her brother. I am deeply disturbed and am going to get her to seek help as well as get her brother to face what he had done but I don't understand how messed up people can be? I understand why people steal, I understand why some murders happen, I know there are a lot of bad things in this world, but why would someone ever commit rape against a child? To take advantage and empower a child, who is at an innocent emotional stage, is beyond me. "Rape" to me before was just another word, just something that I heard about on the news that didn't effect me, something that happened to other people...now I am experiencing firsthand the effects of someone who has gone through such a traumatic experience, someone who SHOULD NOT have had to endure it, and It's really hard making sense of it...her brother is a deeply sick individual for having committed this, yet I don't want to come up with excuses for his behavior

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Well the brother could have been molested also and he wanted his sister to also feel the pain. He could have had a bad experience with being "touched" and their is controversy on whether it is cause my a hormone or a part of the brain. Otherwise he could have just plain molested her because if a curiosity and were they close at time. How old was he? He could have taken her virginity so no one else could? Any of these could have been why or he could have just gotten the urge to do it. Hope this helps.
He is evil and should be punished.
For one to truly understand their "mind" would have to be in the same place."Sick" so to say.
It only sickens us to think of it and try to understand.

so sorry for your gf, however glad that she has found you. Hoping she is able to heal and find the comfort she needs.

best wishes
the brother is sick and must seek help or be punished for the injustices that he did to her sister and to you!
Most of the time, when I hear these stories- they are committed by someone who was abused themselves. Often times they commit the acts on members of their families or close friends. Other times... I think weird people have curiosities and sick fantasies to fulfill. It's a messed up place here on earth nowadays.

You also have to think- some other cultures they start having sex with girls as soon as they begin menstruating, or they marry really young. So sometimes you wonder if there is an odd attraction to such a young body. Kinda grosses me out!
because they are SICKOS!!
To feel powerful...to have a feeling of having control...weirdos...
What the professionals tell us is that these people pass on what their life experiences have been... just like anybody else. Most child molesters were victims as children.
there are alot of different reason people say people are the way they are, maybe they saw someone do it or maybe the experience it and want other to feel the same pain or in this siuation i would suggest that he was a bother kid maybe she got more attention than he did maybe after she was born he was the forgotten kid there are alot of reason why he might of done it but do you think it a good idea to bring something back that been haunting your girl back in to her life, i mean with the embarrasment that she been through bringing it up would just embarrased her some more...so i would think before i reacted to this! let her decide if she want to confront her brother not you...you don't have a place in it because it not you who experience it if she want to confront him she will until then just discpite him
I don't understand how people can do that either. I'm so sorry to hear about your girlfriend but I'm glad she has someone like you to help and support her.

I think people who sexually abuse children should be put in jail for life. They can't be rehabilitated.
many times because they have been abused as well. it is a bad cycle and the only way to stop it is with therapy...
There is no way you or I could begin to understand.

I was raped by my boyfriend at the time when I was 14. It was horrible. I couldn't understand why he would do such a thing. I wasn't a nasty person, I was nice to him and his friends and then this happened. We hadn't even talked about sex.

I was raped once, your girlfriend has been raped repeatedly and I really really feel for her. You are an amazing guy being there for her. I've heard lots of stories where the boyfriend can't handle when his girlfriend had been raped and broken off the relationship. I just think to myself 'man I wish when it was hard I could just get up and leave like that'. But we can't. The rape stays with us all day, everyday. Thank you for getting her help, I hope she can recover.

Please don't physically or mentally harm her brother. I don't in anyway agree with what he did, but going out there and 'making him pay' is along the similar lines of abuse. Take it through the court, have family meeting and etc but please don't take matters into your own hands. It may make you feel better but chances are your girlfriend will be angry about it. I know I would be.

Give all your love and support to your girlfriend. Help as much as you can. Good luck!
First off, there's nothing natural about sex with a prepubescent (i.e. no enlarged penis or breasts, voice change, pubic hair, etc.)

But desiring sex with someone past puberty is natural, even if it is under the legal age of majority.

second, no 13 year-old is in an "innocent emotional stage" unless they are severely sheltered, naieve, and stupid. They may not be as empowered or mature as an older person, but they're far from helpless, and usually far from stupid.

Third, although it's natural to desire, it's wrong to rape anyone of any age.

Usually, people sexually use the young either because they feel that the young are unable to defend themselves, or because they have a FETISH for young persons, which usually stems from a variety of early sexual experience, usually negative.

Personally, I find young teenagers fairly unattractive for a variety of reasons, but nature and law are two totally different things.


It's going to sound bad when I say this, but hear me out

Don't make a big deal out of it. Just don't. Part of the trauma of rape and molestation is the fact that the peopel around the victim treat it as a horrible thing. This causes the victim to think it is even worse than they think.

Treating rape as "terrible" in front of the victim is the WORST thing you can do. Let them express their OWN emotions about it, and support them. Agree with their feelings, but do NOT display a response that indicates that it is some horrible act...thsi will only make the victim feel even more violated, and even worse about what happened.
at that age, both boy and girl, are exploring there body's and the pleasures of them by certain touch. They are exploring, and not stopping to consider that one of them might explore too far, and do some thing that is not legal at that age to do.

It is also the failure of the parents to sit down with them and explain that curriousities of their body, may not be explored yet till certain ages., and the reasons for no touch.
I would commend you for being a hero wanting to do a spiritual battle on behalf of your girlfriend. You have good reason to ask questions on her behalf, her trust for you may grow deeper and your bond stronger. If you are truly looking for answers you may find them when your emotions are prepared to receive the answer calmly. If you would want to harm her brother for his actions against his sister you will have come to her rescue too late. She does need to begin the healing process and we have that available to us. Liston to your girlfriend when she has pieces to fit reasons. Her brothers secret will begin to unravel as she begins to face her own experience she will have courage to speak with him and, the right words to begin the process of his spiritual confession. This I believe and know from experience of the meaning to the word RAPE.
Well, it has always been suggested that adults who sexually offend against children are in some way socially deficient, but it may be that more subtle difficulties relating to an inability to form intimate relationships with other adults, this is an important driving factor, and the fact that children are vulnerable makes it easier of them to do it.

They basically have a distorted social functioning.
That is the big debate. Some say because they are ill, some say because they are simply deviant (my choice). We are all born with free will to make choices. It is their choice for whatever reason they choose. I am very sorry to hear of your girlfriends situation. The saddest reality is that the statistics are very high that females are raped/ molested before they turn 18. Maybe as high as 1 of 4. The statistics for males are not very well established, males are more likely not to report. The positive in this is she is seeking some assistance to work through this. Her brother as well needs to seek some therapy, is he still doing this? Did someone do this to him and they are still acting out their perverted behaviors. Everyone who knows should speak, and speak loudly. One is only as sick as their secrets. Once it is exposed for the ugliness that it is, the healing can begin. God bless****

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