The power in rape comes from those who abuse their own power to become more dominant than someone else and abuse their position 

Schrader, J. (November 14, 2017). Sexual Assault is About Power. Psychologytoday.com 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychoanalysis-unplugged/201711/sexual-assault-is-about-power 

Women have been fighting to get their power back, since earlier in times rape wasn't considered a crime because women were considered property. 

Resource Sharing Project. (n.d.). A Brief History of the Anti-Rape Movement. Resourcesharingproject.com 

https://resourcesharingproject.org/resources/a-brief-history-of-the-anti-rape-movement/

Those people who want to keep taking advantage of people and want to be violent fight to keep power from those trying to make a change. 

Jensen, R. (April 29, 2014). Rape, rape culture and the problem of patriarchy. wagingnonviolence.org

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/04/rape-rape-culture-problem-patriarchy/


During Covid-19, people were more at risk of being abused by their intimate or non- partners in their lives

The Journal of Society and Media. (n.d.). Covid-19, Harassment and Social Media:A Study of Gender-Based Violence Facilitated by Technology During the Pandemic. journal.unesa.ac.id

https://journal.unesa.ac.id/index.php/jsm/article/view/9892/4571

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