In Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender165, the Nicholas Groth Typology outlines three types of rapists. He says that ‘Sadistic Rapists’ have a sexual association with power and anger, where the infliction of pain itself is “eroticized”. They find their victims’ torment intensely gratifying. Among other characteristics, he believes such rapists’ assaults are calculated and pre-planned—as
