Persuasive Essay On Rape

Being sexually assaulted is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone during their lifetime.

     There are two sides to a rape, the rapist and the victim. The victim is most of the time a woman but men are raped as well. It is a common myth that there is a type of woman that is more likely to be raped. This is indeed a myth, most of the time rape is a crime of opportunity, the victim is not chosen because of her looks or behavior, but because she is there (Benedict 2). The average rape victim is 18-39 years old and female, the average rapist is 25 years old and male. The effect of rape on a woman is an enormous one. The woman will come away from a rape with both physical and psychological damage. Eventually the physical wounds will heal, the psychological wounds will take quite some time before or if they ever heal (Grady 4). A sexual assault robs the woman of a sense of control; a feeling of loss of freedom is common among rape victims. To put her life in order she must regain this sense of control. Almost all rape victims suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (Benedict 2). The first symptom is the reliving or re-experiencing of the

The United States should make the death penalty illegal because, the death penalty models the behavior it seeks to prevent, it does not deter crime, and the death penalty costs more than life in prison. With these reasons, it is justifiable that the death penalty should no longer be legal in any state of the U.S. No person should have to make everyone else suffer; there needs to be a stop to this manner of justice. Bringing the death penalty to an end would offer a sense of closure to the many people who are involved including the families who have suffered along the

Some circumstances that constitute rape may be, the victim could be abused physically or mentally. Physically meaning by bruising, lacerations and trauma to the private areas. Mentally by not being able to remember much of what happened due to the experience being so traumatizing. The mental abuse could last for a life time which would possibly cause trust issues in future relationships. The victim may show signs of depression, guilt, anger etc.

People who commit the crime should get imprisoned for what they did for how long ever it is given. Murderer who took away other's lives should be imprisoned for what they did for the rest of their lives. Death penalty is absolutely not necessary because imprison itself will take away the whole lives; they will not be allowed to have any life as human in society. We kill him, because he killed is simply how death penalty works. Death penalty is only to take away people's life, not reasonable punishment for their sin.

There are only a few cases of rape that lead to the death penalty as the final result. For example in 1998, a Patrick Kennedy was convicted of raping his eight year old step-daughter and went to the supreme court to appeal his sentence to where there was some conflict to the laws of Louisiana that the death penalty for child rape that supposedly violates the Constitution’s prohibition on the cruel and unusual punishment. Kennedy received some support from some victim rights’ groups that makes me go, “What in the Hell,” because of what he did and the groups supposedly fear that daunting the death penalty could basically give child rapists the permission to kill their victims. To further research on this certain type of violent crime and the death penalty, I would have to look up cases that had involved certain violations to the state’s or federal Constitutions. Also find some connections to other different cases to this result and find more

The death penalty should be reserved for the rarest of the rare cases. Even though it states in the Bible “And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death” (Leviticus 24:17), not everyone follows what the bible states. So, going the way the world is trying to lead we should only have the death penalty in place for those with multiple homicides or acts of terrorism. For example, during the late 70’s and earlier 80’s Ted Bundy an “American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, and necrophilia (Sexual attraction to corpses) who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls” was sentenced to death by the electric chair. Timothy James detonated a truck bomb in front of a Federal Building in Oklahoma City, commonly referred as “Oklahoma City Bombing” the attack killed 168 people and injured over 600. On June 13, 1997 McVeigh was found guilty on all eleven counts of the federal indictment. The U.S. Department of Justice brought federal charges against McVeigh for causing the deaths of eight federal officers leading to a possible

Have you ever thought about if the person next to you is a killer or a rapist? If he is, what would you want from the government if he had killed someone you know? He should receive the death penalty! Murderers and rapists should be punished for the crimes they have committed and should pay the price for their wrongdoing. Having the death penalty in our society is humane; it helps the overcrowding problem and gives relief to the families of the victims, who had to go through an event such as murder. Without the death penalty, criminals would be more inclined to commit additional violent crimes. Fear of death discourages people from committing crimes. If capital punishment were carried out more it would prove to be the crime

Rape can also have both physical and psychological effects on the victim. The physical effect of rape includes the transmission of STDs, pregnancy and suicidal tendency as stated in the article, What Are the Physical and Psychological Effects of Sexual Assault and Rape?, written by Roxanne Dryden-Edwards and edited by Melissa Conrad Stöppler. The same article also states the psychological effects of rape, which include, the developmental of nightmares, sleep disorders, loss of apatite, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, substance abuse

Rapists are rarely imprisoned for an adequate amount of time—if any—which is why once convicted, the sentencing that they receive should remain unchanged until it is fulfilled. Too many judges will allow the convict’s sentence to be shortened or changed to house arrest. Which means that survivors of rape have to deal with the fear of being raped again or even killed when their assailant is released from prison earlier than expected. Rape is a very traumatic experience and can happen to anyone. The effects after a traumatizing experience, such as rape, can last a lifetime and lead to the decay of a victim’s life. These outcomes can cause physical and mental damage for the survivor. To make matters worse, victims are essentially punished by the justice system for their own rapes when a rapist is not sufficiently prosecute and there are not any laws to protect the survivors. They are forced to live in fear of being raped again and sometimes are even ridiculed or shunned by peers and family for being raped, Therefore elucidating the impression that the rape was the fault of the victim. Many people who do not sympathize or empathize with the trauma of rape may claim that the survivor wanted to be raped. This is never true, even despite the circumstances. Nobody asks to be raped, not a woman, not a man, not a

Rape has been an ongoing issue within society for centuries. In early times, men raped women for reproductive purposes. Today, it is still believed

The death penalty is not only inhumane but too easy for these criminals that deserve it. The life sentence is swift, severe and certain punishment according to The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU, 2015). Sentencing someone to die in jail is a pragmatic alternative to public safety along with murder victims’ families to still provide them with justice. The death penalty can be consider the easy way out. Being only about 20 minutes of terror. The life sentence gets more justice out of the criminal, they have to sit in a cell for the

What is rape, and to whom does it happen? Generally speaking, rape is a violent sexual act imposed on a nonconsenting partner that makes you question many things about yourself. Unfortunately the mythology usually surrounding rape is that it only happens to women. The fact is, rape does not only happen to women, but men as well. It is one of the most misunderstood of all crimes, and when the victim is male, understanding why it has happened, is one of the hardest things to comprehend.

Rape also known as sexual assault is having sexual intercourse or any form of sexual penetration against a person’s will or consent. It could be carried out by coercion, the use of physical power or abuse of authority. It is an act many societies, if not all discourage, and attracts different form of punishment in different geographical locations. There are many consequences of rape; some people suffer from depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suicidal tendencies, and Anxiety Disorder. It was not a surprise when the Mr. Cosby’s alleged case of rapes were waved and flooded to the entire media channels in the USA and other countries. Majority of people can recall number of such cases where some prominent African – Americans were sued

     “Rape is a crime that combines sex and violence, that makes sex the weapon in an act of violence.”(Kimmel 257) Because of this, rape is often traumatic for the victim of a rape.