Date Rape In America

In the article “On Date Rape”, Camille Paglia argues that the reason why women are falling victims of date rape is because they want freedom but do not act responsibly. She says that freedom comes with responsibility which women should take as they are always at a higher risk of being overpowered by men. The responsibility she refers to is being alert and being on the lookout for signs of possible sexual assault. An analysis of Camille Paglia’s “On Date Rape” shows a fallacious argument resulting from personal attacks, hasty generalization, and false cause.

“Feminism has not prepared them for this,” states Camille Paglia in her essay “Rape: A Bigger Danger than Feminists Know.” The “them” in Paglia’s statement is referring to women, and she is discussing the topic of date rape. Susan Jacoby, on the other hand, writes in her article “Common Decency,” that feminism is not responsible for the rising cases of date rape, but that it is the men who are at fault. Paglia’s argument is insightful and accurate, but Jacoby’s writing is flawed and not well-researched. Paglia includes all rhetorical appeals and persuasive techniques, while Jacoby lacks in some departments of persuasiveness and fills the gap with logical fallacies. Comparing both of these papers will help the reader see why

Date rape is a serious offense and should be not taken lightly. The National Crime Victimization Survey and the Uniform Crime Reporting provides statistics on this offense. There are also strengths and weaknesses in both tools, but they are both valuable tools. To understand date rape, it is important to know the definition, and how date rape is distinguished between stranger rape, statutory rape, and spousal rape. It’s also important to understand the drugs that are used for date rape and how they are used. The relationship between the offender and the victim can also provide a better understanding of date rape. Finally I will provide my position on this issue and how

Date rape is a form of acquaintance rape. The definition of date rape and acquaintance rape two phrases are often used interchangeably, but date rape specifically refers to a rape in which there has been some sort of romantic or potentially sexual relationship between the two parties involved. It’s a massive issue and is getting worse day by day, despite the continuous effort of law enforcement as well as many aware-raising organizations. Date rape is a grossly widespread issue among the United States and needs to be looked at closely and taken more seriously in order to get a handle on the constantly rising statistics, the mental and physical dangers of the victims, and the large amount of illegal pharmacies that are online supplying the very people who commit these heinous crimes.

In current days, date rape is an obvious risk for modern women. The criminal cases with regard to date rape and robbery are not unusual. In this context, many sociologists, researchers, and even police are warning young females to pay attention to personal safety when going for a party or having a date at night. However, in spite of these good-willed and well-intentioned warnings, there are also some comments and opinions putting forward advices on protecting personal safety for young girls based on the false ground, making their ideas lack of reason and reliability. The editorial, On Date Rape, written by Camille Paglia, is one of these opinions with obvious fallacies and weaknesses in reasoning. There are three most clear fallacies in this article.

The experiment tests the knowledge behind date rape among college females. 651 undergraduate females, all different ages, were asked to fill out a questionnaire. This questionnaire asked about the knowledge of these topics: date rape awareness, health effects of date rape, perceptions of date rape, prevalence of date rape, and date rape victims. Each topic was made into a table to show the results of the number of women out of the 651 as well as a percentage. The results suggested that the women have a non-tolerant attitude towards rape. Each table brings up very good points and strengthens the claim that college date rape is a problem and that college students need education on date rape. These women know other women who have experienced date rape and have heard their stories. The women surveyed could be potential date rape victims. Further education on date rape can consist of, what the consequences are health wise of date rape and what to do if ever found in a situation of date rape. This experiment implies that males are the perpetrators of date rape and females are the victims. The result of the experiment is that college female students need to educate themselves on date rape in college to better prevent themselves from becoming a victim. The source’s conclusion was that with proper education

 Date rape is a forcible sexual intercourse by an acquaintance, where one resists sexual advances either verbally or physically. The perpetrator of this crime varies from boyfriends to casual acquaintances. The Centers for Disease Control reported that eight out of ten rape or sexual-assault cases were carried out by people of these relationship statuses. Sometimes rapists claim they are given given mixed signals, or even misread simple flirtation as a woman’s sexual advance. In any situation, a woman is not

America has a proud history of being a country that has many different ethnicities and cultures living within its borders. But one of the most prevalent cultures is one that transcends race or country of origin, rape culture. The term used by modern day feminist and gender activist defines a culture which normalizes rape and sexual assaults because of the deeply rooted societal attitudes towards gender and sexuality. In a rape culture the instances of rape are accepted as everyday occurrences and even as the prerogative of men, resulting in the stigmatization and blame placing of rape victims. Although the phrase “rape culture” is relatively modern, the

Date rape has spurred a controversy in feminism. Some people believe that the responsibility of date rape belongs to men, while others believe this responsibility belongs to women. Camille Paglia believes this problem belongs to women. In her editorial “On Date Rape” Paglia describes how modern feminists complain about date rape rather than take the precautions to prevent it. In her criticism of modern feminism, she steps out of reasonable boundaries and commits several fallacies in her arguments. These fallacies include begging the questions, snob appeals, and hasty generalizations.

There has been a lot of hysteria about “date-rape” and the “rape culture”. This hysteria demonizes men and applies a double standard to the behavior of men versus women. In the realm of “drunken sex”, men are now expected to be mindful of the woman’s intoxicated choices and determine whether the woman is able to appraise the situation when she consents. If she is too drunk, she is unable to consent. This is a problem for many men, especially young men when they too are very intoxicated. If charged with a sex crime, it is very important that you find an experienced lawyer who handles cases in that area of the law. We have been handling sex crime cases for almost 30

A crime in America that is committed all too often is the act of forcible rape. Forcible rape is not a crime only against women. The definition was recently changed to aid in gender neutrality and to account for forcible rapes among same gender (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2013). Forcible rape in now defined as, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) (2013), “Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.” Although the act of forcible rape is a serious crime, many incidents go unreported for one reason or another. Some reasoning of why a rape may go unreported include, being embarrassed to tell somebody that you were forcibly raped, the victim knew the criminal and is afraid that further injury may occur if they report the incident to the police, or the victim was possibly drugged and was not aware of the situation. I will describe some of the statistics and trends involved with the act of forcible rape, explain some of the reasoning behind why one feels the need to commit forcible rape on another person, how the social learning theory shaped those individuals into the criminals that they are.

Marital rape, a rape in which the perpetrator is the victim’s spouse, is an underestimated, underreported reality that effects 10-14% of all women in the U.S (Basile, 2011). Although the U.S. government has made strides in sexual violence laws in the past few years, marital rape policies still have a long way to go. The instance of marital rape should be combatted by the U.S. Federal Government with a multifaceted plan. First, the U.S. federal government should offer states incentive to develop laws where no distinction is made between marital rape and non-marital rape in terms of elements of the crime, statute of limitations, and length of the sentence. Second, the Federal Government should ratify the Declaration to Eliminate Violence Against Women. Third, the federal government should completely eliminate all funds for private abstinence only education. Fourth, the federal government should offer additional incentives to states who have rape education programs in their public high schools.

Women, girls, men, and boys are vulnerable victims of sexual assaults every day in our country. While females experience much higher rates of sexual assaults than males. The problem that this country faces is the lack of being able to track rapist, in addition to the victims that chose not to report their assault of being raped to the police. Issues of under reporting comes from the victims with multiple reasons that hinders them from reporting these heinous criminal acts. Thus, the sad realization is that the perpetrator is usually some one that you know, that you would of never of thought that they could and would, and do sexually assault you.

“He said he loved me”, “I woke up without any clothes on, I couldn’t remember”, “I thought we were friends”. These are just some of the phrases that a lot of rape victims have reiterated. Women that have long been taken advantage of for men’s sexual pleasure, it is the same in every country, not just in the Philippines. Women have been fighting all throughout their history to gain equality, to rise from oppression, to release themselves from male domination, that fight is still ongoing. There is a quotation from the bible taken from genesis II lines 21-23; “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh thereof. And the rib which the Lord

According to the Department of Justice the low estimate of women raped every year in America is 300,000. Somehow this is not a problem to America, but this is a problem for too many people. The number of rapes for the rest of time should be zero. Despite the fact that this can cause physical harm and emotional trauma, America does not consider rape culture to be real. America needs to change their way of thinking and diminish rape culture by teaching people not to rape, making all people accountable for their actions, and supporting those who are brave enough to come forward with their stories.