Rape And Isolation Research Paper

On college campuses in the United States, sexual assault and rape are significant public and social health issues so colleges need to punish the abusers and support the victims. Women are primarily the victims of rape whereas men are usually the ones to attempt any type of sexual assault.. The vast majority of women are sexually assaulted by men with whom they are acquainted. Women are far less likely to report a rape or assault when they know their assailant, thus instance of sexual assaults are greatly under-reported. This essay examines a number of reasons why women fail to report an assault to formal support agencies and examines some of the ways in which social services agencies can reach women

The poem “Rape,” by Adrienne Rich maps the journey of a woman who is “…guilty of the crime of having been forced.” (Ln. 14-15) The nameless woman in this poem not only has to endure a physical rape, but also a social and emotional one. She struggles desperately to find her footing in a world that has been forever changed to her. She no longer feels at home in her own body, amongst society, and even within the safety of her own mind. The rape of a woman does not end with the act itself. It is merely the first step of many on a long, lonely and deserted road.      

According to various dictionaries and blogs innovation is bringing about “new” ideas and as much as there is an element of truth to this statement, I'd like to argue that it is fundamentally wrong. I think our view of innovation is one dimensional or even false for our modern day error and this can best be illustrated by the invention of the internet. “The Internet was the result of some visionary thinking by people in the early 1960s who saw great potential value in allowing computers to share information on research and development in scientific and military fields.”

With a rape happening at regular intervals in the United States, calling assault a significant issue is just putting it gently. Today's era was brought up in a society that has driven numerous individuals to accept that, in certain occasions, an assault is okay. It has turned into a social standard in numerous nations, most dominatingly in the United States. From a youthful age, young ladies are taught to not get assaulted as opposed to young men being taught not to assault. This is all a piece of assault society. Assault society is the social standardization of assault. It is the externalization of ladies and the animalization of men. Assault society lets us know that "young men will be young men" and there is nothing that

A rape-prone culture is one where sexual violence has become common and little action is taken due to these behaviors often being dismissed providing the perfect environment that almost promotes it. It almost becomes a daily part of life and when no consequences are being placed into action to prevent sexual violence the more often it will occur. A rape-free culture on the other hand is one that reinforces sexual equality for example, males are often seen and dominant over women and in a rape-free culture people would be taught otherwise and more awareness of this being an issue would be spread. These topics are often brought to the table in discussion of college environments and safety. In the college atmosphere, fraternities are often accused

College aged women are at the highest risk of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The most at risk age group is women from sixteen to nineteen, and the second most at risk age group is women twenty to twenty four years of age (Ward 65). Sexual assault can be defined as unwanted and/or inappropriate sexual advances or obscene remarks, grouping, and any form of rape such as date rape. Studies have shown that sexual assault on college campuses ranges from a 15 percent to 78 percent (Ward 65). In numbers this equates to well over 100,000 victims (Schlozman 236). These staggering amounts reflect the extremely high tolerance for sexual assault is. Belief in rape-myths, attitude and hostility towards women, and mentality are some of the reasons

In turning the unabashed eyes of scientists to the treatment of PTSD, Foa and Rothbaum present a description of the disorder based on the research literature. From there they develop a rationale for treatment and go on to present a detailed manual for conducting effective treatment programs for patients.

Sadly enough, many cases of male rape are underreported in fear of the outcome. “Myths and societal expectations related to masculinity (e.g., the belief that men should be able to physically ward off an attack) and society’s general discomfort with the concept of adult male victimization may also decrease people’s acknowledgement that male rape can and does happen.” (Lawler, A., & Nezu, Christine Maguth pg 8) These myths minimise the seriousness of the crime and help persons perpetrating sexual violence to evade responsibility for their actions. These myths can affect the way a man feels about himself following an assault, preventing him from seeking assistance and can influence the way that he is treated should he come forward and ask for

Nicole Mortey, Bedfordshire resident was horrendously rape to the point where it included a man urinating on her and anal rape. She reported it the the police and received a call later on from them. During the call she heard an officer reading her statement while others laughed in the background. They made gruesome comments and questioned her incident. Although she yelled at them to stop through the phone they did not stop and continued making comments about her. Those four officers that that were making immoral comments were fired, but they left Mortey with an emptiness in her. To add on, Mortey’s trust in the police is gone for good. She said, ”My trust in the police is completely diminished. I feel broken and helpless and all because of the police-the people I hoped would help me find justice.” The policemen showed no dignity when making comments like “I would have done it this way.” or “If she really didn't want it she would leave.” There is no excuse for an officer to treat a person like this and no victim should ever have to go through this.

Some rape survivors often struggle with feelings of shame, guilt, and self-blame that can make it hard to talk about their experiences. Survivors also often fear that others could blame them or that others won’t believe them. People of all ages, races, religions,

Americans are born into a systematic tolerance of rape culture. It is a complex set of beliefs in which sexual violence, harassment and predominantly male aggression towards females is normalized as a matter of life. It starts as young as preschool where children are taught that if a boy pulls a girl’s hair, he must like her. In ancient Greece, rape was indeed a crime; however it was not against the victim but against the protectors whose “property” was considered damaged. This common crime was typically punished with a small fine issued to the protector of the “damaged” victim. Thousands of years later, time has not healed this alarming acceptance of sexual violence in society, leading to an institutional perception that rape culture is normality.

From an evolutionary stand point, human behaviour can only be understood by taking into account human evolutionary behaviour and natural selection ( McKibben etal;2008 on laptop). According to evolutionary theorists, over evolutionary time, when individuals perceived themselves to be competitively disadvantaged in some domain of mate value it became adaptive to use sexual coercion to increase their number of sexual partners. The central claim of this theory is that sexually coercive behaviour is due to sexual motivation rather than males’ need for power over women. To support the human rape-adaptation hypothesis, evolutionary psychologists point to

A crime like rape, there are many issues that begin after, for both parties. Both the victim and the abuser suffer from a misrepresented view of the opposite sex. Not every rape case is the same. However there are similar characteristics that both parties experience, and have to deal with to resolve. Philosophies about rapes are all different, but the offense is always the same, an abuse of ones space through a sexual act, which is not consented by one party. As humans, we need to learn to respect others, their space, their yes, their no, their actions, their wants, and not demoralize anyone who has gone thru such a tough time in their life. We can always learn from others, and teach others what we know, maybe in the hopes to prevent the

An assignment I had in my Sexuality in a Diverse Society course promoted relativist thinking. My assignment was to write a paper on rape culture and to determine if rape was motivated by sexual desire or power. In my paper I stated, the American cultures view rape as something that is motivated by sex while other cultures view rape as a way to exert power. I also stated, both cultures blame the victim for the attack and not the perpetrator. Furthermore, in my personal opinion I think rape is only motivated by power and not sexual desire. When looking at scholarly articles to support my paper, there was an equal amount that focused on rape motivated by power and rape motivated by sexual desire.

Further ascribing to that logic, young girls should be taught to avoid going into houses of friends and family given the fact that “between 62% and 84% of survivors knew their attacker” (One-In-Four). Young women should also be taught to avoid the dating scene since “57% of rapes happen on dates” (One-In-Four). As soon as the surface is broken on victim blaming and the actual facts are acknowledged, it becomes clear that not only is it immoral to hold the victim responsible for the crime, but it is also a blatant display of ignorance to the research efforts put forth to understand and prevent the crime. Most rape victims are already under enough emotional distress and are typically already blaming themselves for what happened to them, so society joining in the blaming succeeds only in isolating the victim and pushing them further away from reality.