Thanks for the link Hooligan. The woman that wrote the article put some thought in to the issue. She may be right in certain instances, but I believe there are many possibilities to explain what causes such behavior.

I think the man that I referred to enjoyed making the woman scared. I wonder what he planned to do with her.

This hits close to home because I know the woman who, years later, married this man. As of right now, he is awaiting sentencing for mentally and physically abusing her, violently. The conduct began when they were dating and continued throughout their marriage. She hid the abuse, until he threatened to hurt their infant child. She almost died and I believe if she had not called 911 when she did he would have killed her at some point in time. For him it was all about TOTAL CONTROL and ABUSE.

Maybe with the additional information someone might be able to understand what kind of personality disorder this guy has.