Cultural rape

Sociological Analysis of Sexual Assault This essay will examine the social and cultural conditions, within the macro-diachronic and micro-synchronic theoretical models , that intensify or perpetuate sexual assault. I have chosen only one concept from each model because these are the only concepts that I feel that I can use to most accurately and comprehensively depict causes and reasons for why sexual assault is deeply entrenched in our social structure. I will thus explore, from these ideological

and “The other side of the college assault crisis” by Max Kutner, the topic of rape is discussed and different views are shared. These two articles show both sides to alleged rape allegations. Rape is a critical social and public health issue, especially in college. When it comes to rape, men and women have disparate sides to their stories. Although rape is a serious ongoing crime, there is also the crime of erroneous rape assertions. In the article “Athletic club weekend turns into a nightmare for

Psychological harm resulting from rape that may cause physical injury, or have additional effects on the victims. Following a rape, a victim may face violence or threats thereof from the rapist, and, in some cases from the victim's own family and relatives. This article studies the way criminal rapists rationalize their cruel behavior. Scully and Marolla bring to attention that rapists will rationalize and find some kind of justification or excuse for their deviant behaviors. Rape seems to be viewed as a psychopathologic

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

Swedish students witnessed the event and pulled Turner off the young woman, holding him until the police arrived and in March 2016, the jury found Turner guilty (Knowles 2016). The case would have been forgotten, thrown under the immense pile of campus rape incidents in the US, had it not been for Judge Aaron Persky and his decision to award Turner a sentence of six months in a county jail and probation rather than the ten years in prison his conviction warranted (Knowles 2016). Outrage ensued surrounding

sees a seemingly kind face of a peer. He offers to walk her to her dorm and asks to come inside. The next day she is still in shock from the night before, she never said no when he came onto her, but she never said yes either. She doesn’t want to cry rape in fear of what people might think. This is the harsh reality for college students all across the United States today. Nobody wants to believe that their child or friend could be guilty of such a harsh, but common crime. The truth is, these crimes

different races, more opportunities arose, and they began to get treated equally. People of different sexual orientation are also beginning to get accepted in society, and women are now less restricted or stereotyped. The movie Pitch Perfect shows the cultural challenges faced today, primarily in women through body shaming, family constructs, and gender inequality. The movie Pitch Perfect is about a freshman in college, Beca, who would rather be out DJing than in college, until she discovers that she

victim of rape. A victim is not only harmed from a rape crime, but is also tricked into thinking that justice will occur. This is not the case. Fifty percent of people feel as if rape is the victims fault and never the rapist fault. Why is society so willing to blame the victim of an unlawful sexual act that violates the victim mentally and physically, instead of dealing with this social issue? In 1999, a law was introduced in Columbia. Bublick, in her article "Citizen No-Duty Rules: Rape Victims

Many college women claim their experiences after being sexually assaulted — often in date rape situations — illustrate a culture of indifference and denial that results in one in five young women being assaulted during their college years. Additionally, victims describe that unclear and conflicted internal disciplinary systems at their respective universities can compound their suffering. In short, sexual assault on college campuses reflects and reinforces gender inequality. Research conducted by

under it falls everything from forced sexual intercourse, to child molestation, to fondling. In order to make our research more accurate, we have chosen to reduce the definition of sexual assault down to just forced intercourse, or in other terms, rape. We have found a