Every single day we live, we are subject to crimes in forms of human sexual behavior. Such crimes are called “sex crimes”. The person who commits that crime is called a sex offender.

Sex crimes vary. Rape is a commonly known sex crime which comes in different forms. Forms such as child sexual abuse, wherein the victim is a child and statutory rape, the general term used to describe the sexual relations, whether consensual or not, regardless of age or gender for as long as the “victim” is a minor. In layman’s terms, it is when an adult engages in sex with those under the age of consent, otherwise known as corruption of a minor. Then there is the debatable marital rape, a non-consensual assault wherein the victim is your spouse, again this is regardless of the age and gender.

There are also those crimes that happen blatantly, and yet are still many are oblivious. These are crimes such as sexual harassment which is defined as unwelcomed sexual nature and obscenity or the use of repulsive sexual connotations which inspire disgust. There is also exhibitionism or what we usually call indecent exposure and voyeurism which we commonly know as “peeping tom”. These kinds of offenses make everyone a victim without even knowing.

Lastly, sex offenders sometimes even result to extraordinary actions such as having sex with animals, engaging in “Frotteurism”, the act of rubbing one’s self against a non-permitting stranger in public to gain arousal and making obscene telephone calls for sexual arousal.

The bottom line is anyone can be a victim of a sex offender anywhere, at any time of any day. Preventing this from happening depends upon a person’s course of action. Of course there are some that cannot be prevented, but as much as possible it is normal that we take necessary precautions to protect us in our everyday lives.