In many works, as in Real Life, Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil, an appalling crime that brutalizes the victim and can destroy lives, or worse. While some other works play rape for sexual fantasies or laughs, these treat it soberly, for a dramatic purpose. It is also used to make an otherwise unapproachable woman or man into a needy one. Like Rape Is Love...except someone else provided the rape. It is also used to motivate an overly independent or promiscuous bad girl or bad boy to change his or her ways.