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Argumentative Essay On Sexual Violence

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A middle aged business man holding a leather briefcase, dressed in a sleek black tailored suit, wearing a gold watch that clasps on his wrist, walks into a gas station located in the run down part of town holding a leather briefcase. After entering and paying the cashier for the gas he is about to put into his newest edition sports car, another man walks in with a gun. The robber demands the business man’s watch and all the money in his wallet. After the businessman safely makes it to the police station, he begins calling his family and friends to share the incident. His audience only responds with the usual responds to a crime, “Oh my goodness, how tragic” or “They need to catch the robber so he can spend time in jail.” Not once did they question what he was wearing or blame it on his expensive attire. Not once did they ask if he said anything to lead the robber to make him think it was okay or if he was telling the truth. In this situation the victim is not being blamed for the incident, but today in many sexual assault cases society has tried to turn the blame from the attacker to the victim. Sexual assault and rape is a major issue luring over America and the rest of the world and society is playing a major role in the degrading the seriousness of it. Society has normalized sexual assault by trying to blame the conditions on what the victim was wearing or their prior activities of the night. Society reduces assault to a “normal” behaviors of the sexes. The common uses

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