Walker Intro to Women’s Studies Dr. David Magill March 11th 2013 The Misconceptions and Realities of Rape Why do people rape and what do rapists earn from committing this crime? Is it the pleasure of seeing someone in fear, or pain, or is it the pleasure of their screams? I will never know the answer to these questions. All I know is that rape is beyond immoral and depraved, and is a serious crime. Rape is a very strong word and often makes people feel really uncomfortable talking about it, especially
from getting raped. In this paper, I will discuss how living in a rape culture affects women and men, how does rape myths affect society and how we can change the negative effects of living in a rape culture and rape myths. In order to understand this, we must first define what rape is. Rape is unwanted sexual attentions or actions that are directed to a person. Rape can happen to anyone but it is most common to happen women. Rape happens to women around the ages of 16-24 and it is “considered to be
Sexual assault and rape have always been a part of society since the beginning of human kind. It would only make sense for it to be a part of the college campuses unfortunately. As a typical female college student is between the ages of 18-24, statistics taken from 1995-2013 prove that women around these ages have the highest percentage of rape (Sinozich and Langton 2014). Within 1995-2013, males ages 18-24 reporting sexual assault or rape were far less than the women, although that does not mean
Sexual assault is a sensitive subject when it comes to most people. No one can tell whether the person they come across has been sexually assaulted before. There are signs to indicate such events like withdrawing from normal activities, or feeling “down”, low self-esteem, anxiety or worry about situations that did not seem to cause anxiety in the past, avoiding specific situations or place, etc. Sexual assault is never an easy bridge to cross and the road to recovery is never an easy route. In the
The Second Rape We live in a world where rape is common and is normalized to be part of a behavior and not a crime. Women are often given tips on how to avoid being raped or how to defend themselves from being rape (Gerdes). Society, in fact, is making people understand rape and cope around it when it’s unacceptable. Once society acknowledges that rape is bound to happen to any woman, rapists tend to blame the victim. There are several factors in which rape victims are being held responsible
and everybody by throwing your life away? Sexual Assault is a very serious crime that happens all over the world. However, it is most common on college campuses. The question that we ask ourselves is: What are the college administrative doing to stop it? To protect their own students and ensure everyone’s safety? Sexual Assault is the legal term for rape. Recent studies and statistics show that, today, rape is said to be one of the most violent crimes on American campuses (Samson 1). So what exactly
Crime, like many other topics, has common misconceptions. These misconceptions are proliferated by the biased media and other sources and is then passed down generations. People live their entire lives believing that a biased statement is a fact. They, in turn, teach those under them the same lies. The two misconceptions that will be discussed in this paper are about the common belief that rape is a crime committed by strangers and that “black on black” crime is a valid social construct. It will
people who have never experienced sexual harassment think that it would never happen to them. That is completely wrong. Sexual harassment could happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Richard B Cohen states, in his article, Sexual Harassment Can Happen… Anywhere, published by Above The Law (ATL), “...sexual harassment can happen anywhere, anytime, and to anyone--there is no exempt place or person.” Sexual harassment happens everywhere and you see it all the time--you might just not acknowledge it. Forms
Date Rape among College Students It’s a typical Saturday night at Purdue tonight. The biggest party of the year is happening at the Gama Alpha Fraternity, and you were invited. You don’t know many of the people that will be attending the party; you only know Jack from Psychology class. You say what the heck, start getting ready and off to the party you go. As soon as you walk in the door you’re greeted by Jack, which he offers you a drink, and you take it. But what you didn’t know is that
Motives of Rape Other Than Sexual Desire Although there are many underlying motives behind why a man would rape, three of the most conspicuous are anger, power, and sadistic purposes. When an average person hears of a rape, he frequently assumes the offender was reacting to sexual frustration or that he was a demented sex-fiend harboring insatiable and perverted lasciviousness. The rape offender is often accused of being primarily motivated by sexual desires, and by committing the act of forced