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    Camille Paglia in presents a very critical analysis into the changes that have occurred over a long period involving the treatment of women by male species within the society. She highlights that women were strictly supervised back in the days since they saw male individuals as very dangerous and harmful to their wellbeing if they have their way. However, she highlights that the trend changed during their time in the early 1960s. However, her assertions can be seen to be heavily detached from the

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    "On Date Rape" is an article written by Camille Paglia, which argues young women of today don't pay much attention to their safety while they're enjoying the freedom with men. The author points out that a woman should pay more attention to their safety while they spend their time with men because a woman will likely become a victim in a rape case. In this article, the author also implies that even the law will protect women from the rape, but women themselves should build up a self-protection awareness

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    “On Date Rape” is an article written by Camille Paglia, which argues the young women of today pay not much care about their safety while they’re enjoying the freedom with men. The author points out that a woman should pay more attention to their safety while they spend their time with men, because a woman is likely becoming a victim in a rape case. In this article, the author also implies that even the law will protect women from the rape, but women themselves should build up a self-protection awareness

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    Camille Paglia's Rape and the Modern Sex War Camille Paglia writes the article, Rape and the Modern Sex War, which is about young women being vulnerable in today’s society against rape and how feminism has mistakenly led women to believe that they aren’t in any danger. Paglia states her opinion to women because she believes “that women are vulnerable and should be aware of the pervasiveness of rape” (83) all the time. Rape has been around for hundreds of years and the effects it has on women

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    On Date Rape is an article written by Camille Raglia, which argues the young women of today pay not much attention about their safety while they’re enjoying the freedom they deserve. (Paglia) According to the author of this article, who also is a humanities professor and a cultural critic, a woman should pay more attention to their safety while they pursuit the freedom as man does. Because a woman is likely become a victim in a rape case. In this article, the author also implies that even the law

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    these are not valid points for the conclusion. 3. The author Camille Paglia of On Date Rape offends several fallacies, however there are two I will mention: Straw Man and Hasty Generalization. The fallacy Straw Man, “creates and then attacks a distorted version of the opposition’s argument” and Hasty Generalization, “Generalizes from a sample that is too small or in some other way unrepresentative of the target population” (pg,

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    On Date Rape is an article written by Camille Paglia, which argues the young women of today pay not much care about their safety while they’re enjoying the freedom they deserve. According to the writer of this article, who also is a humanities professor and a cultural critic, a woman should pay more attention to their safety while they pursuit the freedom as a man does. Because a woman is likely becoming a victim in a rape case. In this article, the author also implies that even the law should protect

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    I do not wish to address the pain of living with and among human beings. Instead, I 'd like to respond to Nietzsche by posing a couple of questions that I find far more interesting: do we develop an archival memory of theory and the arts because of the pain they inflict on us? What relation does this have to the development of our being? In order to answer such a question, one would need to modify a couple of understandings: curiosity is now the act of making oneself open to the possibility of pain;

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    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

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    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. Paglia begs the question by providing inadequate

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