Susan Brownmiller's groundbreaking book, Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape, brought much-needed attention to a tremendously understudied crime and exposed many dangerous misconceptions. However, it also inspired a massive debate about whether sexual violence is primarily driven by desires for sex or power, and that argument persists today. For this study, we treated the book's incidents ( N = 245) as data, instead of as a narrative, and systematically analyzed them. Overall, our findings suggest many perpetrators identified by Brownmiller may have been sexually frustrated, and multiple aspects of their behavior indicate they were seeking sexual relief. At the same time, many also seemed to be seeking increased sexual power to fulfill their desires, and a small subset may have specifically sought revenge against women. Together, these results suggest a potential middle ground exists amidst a polarized debate between scholars with adversarial perspectives.

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性、权力和暴力：苏珊·布朗米勒的《违背我们的意愿》中的强奸事件实际上表明了什么？

苏珊·布朗米勒（Susan Brownmiller）的开创性著作《违背我们的意愿：男人、女人和强奸》引起了人们对这一未被充分研究的犯罪行为的急需关注，并揭露了许多危险的误解。然而，它也引发了一场关于性暴力主要是由性欲还是权力欲驱动的大规模辩论，而这种争论至今仍然存在。在这项研究中，我们将书中的事件（N = 245）视为数据，而不是叙述，并系统地分析它们。总的来说，我们的研究结果表明，布朗米勒发现的许多肇事者可能在性方面受到了挫折，他们行为的多个方面表明他们正在寻求性缓解。与此同时，许多人似乎也在寻求增强性能力来满足自己的欲望，一小部分人可能专门寻求对女性的报复。总之，这些结果表明，在持相反观点的学者之间的两极分化辩论中存在潜在的中间立场。