Analysis Of The Rape Of Dinah

Dinah was the only girl born by Jacob and his four wives. Her mother Leah, Jacob’s first wife, raised her with the aid of her three sister, all who shared the same husband as Leah. After having grown up as second youngest alongside her 12 brothers Dinah reached womanhood with elegance and grace due to the teachings of the women around her. She was taught from a young age the work of a midwife through her mother-auntie Rachel and Inna, a close family friend. Rachel and Inna worked together as midwives and delivered many children for any women that sought their help. However, as time grew on Inna grew older it was hard for her to travel and assist in births. To make up for Inna’s absence Rachel took Dinah ton as her apprentice. One particular job called Dinah and her aunt to the city of Shechem to deliver the son of the king’s concubine. While visiting the palace she meets the prince Shalem and instantly falls in love with him. “... Shalem, whose name I had not even learned, whose presence made me dumb and weak.” (Diamant

Inga Muscio is a very influential writer. Over the years she has earned tremendous credibility within the feminist world. In the chapter, “Rape not Cunt,” from her well known book Cunt, a Declaration of Independence, Inga passionately writes of her feelings about violence against women. She attempts to use rhetoric and captures the reader with a call of action to help prevent further violence against women. However, although Inga Muscio had many valid points about violence against women, her rhetoric does not appeal to all audiences.

This act is translated into todays concept of rape, but as the narrative continues we see how Shechem tries to justify his manner by claiming he fell victim to love. "Being drawn to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and in love with the maiden, he spoke to the maiden tenderly” (Genesis 34:3). This, however, is not admissible in the eyes of Israel’s men. Shechem’s behavior is considered “an outrage in Israel…a thing not to be done”, and therefore, hinders Shechem’s aspiration of marriage to her (Genesis 34:7). One of the ways he is able to seek mercy is by offering Dinah’s brothers and father a high bride price. This offering along with a promise for all men to be circumcised in accordance with God's command to their grandfather Abraham: "This is my covenant between Me and you and your offspring to follow which you shall keep: every male among you shall be circumcised," is a fitting plea to their ears and Dinah is wed off (Genesis 17:10). But what about Dinah’s ears? Who is to say that she wants to marry this man who defiled her? What is her view on it all?

A Rape in the Early Republic, edited by Randall L. Hall, is the complete text of the John Deskins Trial which was compiled by Alexander Smyth, a prominent congressman and attorney in the Deskins case. This early in American legal history, rape trials were rare and when they occurred, there was little-to-no documentation of the cases. For example, John Deskins was the only rapist to go to jail in 1806 . This recount is significant to the development of legal history because it addresses gender and sexual misconduct cases in the early republic. During this time, the United States legal system was constantly changing to reflect changes and developments in society, making this case pivotal in legal history. In order to remain true to Smyth’s

Genesis’s Chapter 37 leaves us on a gripping cliffhanger—Joseph is sold into slavery, and Jacob weeps for him—and instead starts to describe Judah, Joseph’s brother, and his latest marriage and children. This interjection of the Tamar Episode plays out in Chapter 38, and deals with sex, sin, and deception. Judah has three sons, and when he marries the first one to a woman named Tamar, his son dies because God deems him wicked. Then, Judah’s second son marries Tamar, but God kills him because he does not fulfill his duty to have kids with her as required by the law of Levirate Marriage. Judah goes on to prevent Tamar from being able to fulfill the law of Levirate Marriage and remain a member of Judah’s household, by keeping her away from

The documentary, Rape in the Fields, explores the experiences of women farm workers who are either documented or undocumented immigrants. Unfortunately, many of the men that these women work with take advantage of that fact by using it as a threat in order for them to commit sexual assault towards these women. The issues of “unwelcome” and “involuntary” actions, power and powerless, vulnerability, and receiving help for these women are all portrayed within this documentary. As defined in the presentation, “sexual conduct is unwelcomed whenever the person subjected to it considers it unwelcome.”

On September 27th, 2017, we watched a documentary made by Priyanka Boghani called, Rape on the Night Shift, which was made June 23rd, 2015. This document discusses the issues with a large number of women getting raped while doing their jobs, more specifically janitors, who aren’t protected by the company that they work for in the way that they should be. The documentary also goes over how rape is one of the most common crimes to go unreported, and unprosecuted. These rapes still occur because when a rape is reported, companies are taking very little to no action in making their workplace a safer environment and don’t give each employee the necessary education and tools to allow them to stay safe should they ever be in a rough situation. The investigators interview and reach out to many women who have been raped and sexually abused allowing them to tell their stories, including Maria Bojorquez, Maria Magaña, Erika Morales, Leticia Zuniga, and many more.

Psychologists usually agree that the teenage years are among the most difficult periods in one’s life. Most teens are trying to figure out who they are, what they believe, and how they fit into the world around them. Beginning in the late 1970’s, a whole genre of fiction, referred to as coming-of-age literature, emerged and serves, at least for many teens, as believable presentations of young people learning to navigate the difficulties of their lives, often fraught with feelings of rejection, seemingly unresolvable personal turmoil, social problems, school and family issues, etc. Indeed one value of reading is to see and better understand some aspect of ourselves through studying others. The reading of SPEAK, a somewhat controversial book

In Livy’s story the “Rape of Lucretia,” the writer illustrated prime examples on how gender is represented in Roman society. The assumptions of both men and women roles within the Roman Empire are defined and presented within this legend. The expectations of men, women, and honor are identified to provide examples of the conventions about gender in Roman society. Men in the legend were presented as being heavy drinkers and strong. On the other hand, women were represented as being pure and weak in the eyes of men. The contrasting views of both men and women help illustrate the assumptions about gender in Roman society defined in the story.

One publication that analyzes the story is that of “What if Dinah was not Raped? (Genesis 34)” by Lyn M. Bechtel. The purpose of Bechtel’s

While Oates’s characters live different lives and go though different dilemmas, they all have one characteristic in common; they are part of a broken family. In the novel “Rape: A Love Story”, Teena was living a great life with her daughter until her husband passed away and she became widowed. In “American Appetites”, Ian and Glynnis were happily married until one night all the feelings they had been bottling up exploded and lead to one of their deaths. In the novel “Expensive People”, Richard is the victim of a dysfunctional family due to his mother, Nada, who abandons him and his father, Elwood, who can never stick up for himself. The family problems lead the character onto a destructive path which then eventually get thing into trouble.

2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.” In addition, the text goes on to say that the sons of Jacob became furious because Shechem had defiled Dinah, a thing that should not be done. In comparison, Diamant’s The Red Tent states that Dinah travels to Shechem, to deliver a baby in the King’s palace where she comes across Shalem, the prince of Shechem. They become immediately attracted to each other and a few days later, she meets Shalem again who (with a hungry look in his eyes) leads her to a private room with a bed, where they make love, talk, and sleep for several days. In the end, the biblical text focuses on Dinah being raped whereas The Red Tent focuses on the idea that it was

Genesis 34 tells a narrative about Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Dinah went to visit the women of the area. As she was out visiting, the prince of the region, Shechem, saw her from afar. Shechem went to Dinah and raped her because of his infatuation with her. Shechem loved Dinah and spoke sweetly to her so that she would be charmed by him. Shechem went to his father, Hamor King of the Hivites. Shechem expressed to his father that he needed Dinah to become his wife.

Genesis 34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. This was shown that Dinah has the curiosity inside her heart. Some of the books mention that was because Dinah grew as a teenager or youth that

The Tamar Episode, in Chapter 38 of The Holy Bible’s Genesis is a seemingly random short story, plopped in the middle of the famous tale of Joseph, which involves sex, sin, and deception. The Bible leaves us on a gripping cliffhanger—Joseph is sold into slavery, and Jacob weeps for him—and instead starts to describe Judah, Joseph’s brother, and his latest marriage and children. Judah has three sons, and when he marries the first one to a woman named Tamar, his son dies because God deems him wicked. Then, Judah’s second son marries Tamar, but God kills him because he cannot fulfill his duty to have kids with her as required by the law of Levirate Marriage. Judah goes on to objectify Tamar, in keeping with how women are poorly treated in this