Summary Of Myths That Make It Hard To Stop Campus Rape

On November 19, 2014, Rolling Stone Magazine published an article that attracted over 2.7 million views, “more than any other feature not about a celebrity that the magazine had ever published.” The article, “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA” catapulted the issue of rape culture on college campuses into a national discussion. Encouraging this discussion and urging universities across the country to increase their efforts to combat this was the goal of Sabrina Rubin Erdely when she set out to find a story that encompassed just that. However, the article was ultimately retracted and removed from the website by Rolling Stone due to fabrications and ethical issues in the story.

Sexual assault and rape among college campuses has been an ongoing issue across the nation for decades. In the state of Utah, this complex issue will not have a simple solution, but measures can be taken to prevent sexual assault and rape occurring on campuses. Utah Valley University is a campus that is taking considerably impressive measures to combat sexual assault, which will be a basis of this paper. Through university sex education, stricter laws and enforcement, and providing on-campus services to students, cases of sexual assault and rape in the higher level education setting will decrease, and students will be more likely to report these crimes.

Rolling Stone is a magazine that was first known for its coverage of music and politics now mainly focuses on pop culture and entertainment. In the November 2014 issue, “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA” story was published about an alleged rape on the University of Virginia campus. Rolling Stone released information about the alleged rape of a freshman and how the school mishandled the situation. The Rolling Stone wrote and published a story that was only told from the student’s point of view; the magazine never interviewed anyone else related to the case. “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA” story caused much controversy and many ethical issues came from the release of the

‘Sexual Violence is more than just a crime against individuals. It threatens our families; it threatens our communities. Ultimately, it threatens the entire country’ (qtd. in Burleigh pg. 2). In the article, “Confronting Campus Rape” written by Nina Burleigh; a writer, journalist, and professor at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, describes what students are doing to force universities to take a stronger stand against campus sexual assault. Moreover Burleigh describes what the government is doing to make a difference on the issue. This includes laws that have created consequences for the assaulter and laws that protect the victim. According to Burleigh, a young woman called Laura Dunn was sexually assaulted on campus. Dunn was a student of UW. On April 4th, 2014, Dunn lost her virginity to two UW athletes. That night, Dunn was attending a party at the university. Dunn was enjoying the party and lost count of her alcohol intake. Dunn remembers being led out by two older teammates, who she knew. Dunn was very intoxicated, enough to stumble on her way back to what she thought would be another campus party, as one of the athletes helped her walk. The athletes led Dunn to one of their apartments where she found herself on a bed with both of them on top of her. Dunn was so intoxicated that she couldn’t help but to drift in and out of conscious leaving her unable to stop the two men. Dunn began to feel sick and was led to the bathroom by one of the athletes, where he penetrated her from behind while she was throwing up. That was a date Dunn would never forget. Dunn like many other women at the UW have been sexually abused by other students. Although Dun’s incident is shocking, it is not uncommon for women to be sexually assaulted on campus. A woman at the  university of Wisconsin is more prone to being sexually assaulted than any other woman in the country because of alcohol intoxication; this is a problem that must be resolved.

Sexual assault is defined as any vaginal, oral, or anal penetration that is forced upon another, regardless of sex and sexual orientation, using any object or body part. The issue of sexual assault in America is primarily encouraged by rape culture. Women Against Violence Against Women is an organization that defines rape culture as a complex set of beliefs that encourage male sexual aggression and supports violence against women. The acceptance of rape culture, rape myths, and the disregard for sexual consent also allow for the perpetuation of sexual assault against women on college campuses. Recent examples of sexual assault on college campuses show how prominent this issue has become and how hostile campuses have become for female students. Some examples include the University of Southern California’s “Gullet Report,” Miami University of Ohio’s “Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape,” and a sexual assault on the campus of Kansas University. Sexual assault is perpetuated by the acceptance of rape myths and rape culture, lack of effective sexual education, and the disregard for consent. The solution to this issue lies with defeating rape culture, increasing awareness and funding for campus sexual assault crisis centers, and enacting more prevention programs on campus.

In the article, by Grey (2014), “The Sexual Assault Crisis on American Campuses,” classifies that the University of Montana in Missoula is the not the capital of rape culture. She enlightens the readers that every American campus is dangerous for any female student around the ages of 18-19. She explains that no campus is immune to rape. They all have the same chances for a female student to be sexually assaulted by a male student. Furthermore, she gives reasons as to why the school does not help their students that were raped but help more the students that committed the rape. If the students are a star player of any sport they have more privilege and do not get expelled. Gray goes into detail about Title IX and how it was made to assist the

This essay explores the ongoing issue of sexual assault and sexual violence on college campuses across the United States. Education on the topic of sexuality and sexual assault throughout secondary and post secondary education is vital to the awareness of, and battle against sexual assault. Issues in sex-education, included lack of depth into healthy sexuality, and abstinence only sex education. Women are not reporting their cases to the authorities or universities because of issues with privacy, shame and guilt. Universities are not providing reliable support to victims, which creates wide spread apprehension to report cases of sexual assault. Pop culture and media promote a skewed image of sexualized women, creating a cultural expectation for women to please and be subservient, promoting sexual violence against women across the country.

Certain things are a given about college life. New opportunities, new friends, new living situations, but also, new dangers. No matter what college, what area, whether it is a notorious party school or not, there is always a danger that comes with placing hormonal youths in close contact with drugs, alcohol, and each other. Yet, few parents are afraid for the safety their young sons. Many parents fear for the safety of their daughters, in an environment where drugs and alcohol are the norm. The college party culture has been renowned for placing shame and blame on young girls who are the victims of rape and sexual assault. So, I created a model for a poster which protests this campus, and also nationwide rape culture.

Rape culture seen through administration response on college campuses has been gaining negative feedback for not doing what they need to do. College administrators are not exposed to the rapid increase of rape culture, and the influence of rape “myths” on response by administration is far more harmful than on the individual level. According to Burnett et.al. (2009), “Since administration is clearly the dominant group on college campuses, it has the power to validate date rape experiences by preventative education and post-rape support, but co-researchers did not feel such validation existed.” Many other researchers have come to the same conclusion as Burnett and colleagues, that college administrators and disciplinarians are not responding

“Yes means yes, and no means no.” This famous line seems simple enough, but some people just don't seem to understand. Sexual assault has become a large problem on campuses all over the world. Although sexual assault on college campuses are very common, the assailant does not face the consequences they deserve. Assailants should be punished more harshly for their crimes because many cases are put off since it was the victim’s “fault” because they were drinking and/or dressing provocatively and not taken as seriously as they should. To solve this problem they can face longer jail time, expulsion, and be forced to pay reparations for the physical, emotional, and mental damage they've caused. One of the best steps to bringing the victim his or

Sexual assault has been a huge issue for many years on college campuses and universities nation wide. As society has evolved, thoughts on sexual assault have also evolved, becoming more focused on the details of victim treatment than ever before. The topic of sexual assault is debatable and sparks many opinions on weather sexual assault on college campuses is becoming more frequent, or if there is just heightened awareness. Sexual assault can happen to anybody no matter the gender, race, religion, or age. Recently there have been many studies conducted on sexual violence on college campuses and universities producing ample amounts of statistics. One may argue that sexual assault rates are the same, but there are simply more studies and attention on sexual assault in the past 20 years. Gender roles have played a huge part in sexual assault on college campuses. Women and men have different expectations when it comes to roles in the relationship, men are often expected to make the first move. One may ask what causes a perpetrator to sexually harass somebody and think it is acceptable. There are various reasons as to why perpetrators do what they do, and may vary from person to person. Although sexual violence is a large problem for many colleges and universities, there is a surprising shortage of federal laws/rules and regulations regarding sexual assault. Colleges are able to develop their own personal policies and procedures for how they will prevent and deal with sexual

Rape issue is changing, because of feminism. Women are getting together to strive for their rights, and they don’t want to be treated as sex objects. Feminism united women. Women are working in the higher government chairs, and monitor the higher posts. This brought power that is changing the way women are dealt with. Other than that, there are countries or states who vow to protect women. Vows are applied in different countries, and states that took part to reduce the rape issue. Date rape on college campuses has been a big issue. Women in colleges are raped while they are drunk, or they use drugs. It’s when a woman doesn’t know what she is doing, and she can’t handle or take charge of her body. Male students who are with her can target her

A moral panic is a “condition, episode, person or group of persons that is defined as a threat to societal values and interest,” these “panics” are often over dramatized in the media and lead people to believe that the issue or group responsible for the issue is much more of a severe threat than they actually are. I would argue that the concept of campus rape culture phenomenon would align closely with what is considered a moral panic. Rates of rape on college campuses seem to be very alarming but the “rape culture” epidemic is leading to its own set of problems. One of the issues with the rap culture making it similar to a moral panic, is the surveys conducted. Many of these surveys include “any unwanted sexual encounter” as rapes. This could incluse things like unwanted or unsolicited touching or even an unwanted kiss on the cheek. Although this is not socially acceptable, it would be irresponsible to classify this as rape.

That night, was the worst night of my life. Yet I am not even close to being alone in my circumstances. When we got to college, they had us take a course on campus safety, and in that course I learned that 1 in 4 females on a college campus experience sexual assault. 1 in 4. Yet so few people ever receive justice for that. While the law is designed to stop rapists and protect the victims, sadly, frequently it fails. The justice system is flawed, and in this society selling weed is likely to pull a tougher sentence than raping a woman. A majority of rape cases go untried, and it’s not hard to see why. We live in a society that blames the victim over and over and over again. Our justice system continuously fails women who have suffered at the

Recently there has been an article put on a website that talks about pro-life and why pro-life should be the only option. In the article, it states the issues that make a women's right to get an abortion wrong and that abortions should be outlawed. It says that no one should deny the fetus the right to live, that it is a human being and should be protected by the law like everyone else. That if one did not want to be pregnant there is safe and effective birth controls out there. And that society needs to be more excepting of teen mothers.