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    Essay On Marital Rape

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    Marital Rape In India: Current Legal System  Introduction “Marriage is the intimate union and equal partnership of a man and a woman. It comes to us from the hand of God, who created male and female in his image, so that they might become one body and might be fertile and multiply. The free consent of the spouses makes a marriage. From this consent and from the sexual consummation of marriage a special bond arises between husband and wife. This bond is lifelong and exclusive. The marriage bond has

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    The action film Mad Max: Fury Road written and directed by George Miller features many strong, complex female characters, something that is unfortunately rare for the genre. Also unusual for action movies, Mad Max: Fury Road is filled with depictions and messages about the struggles that the women in the movie face. Not only is there Furiosa, a tough woman looking for redemption, but there are also the much less talked about Wives of Immortan Joe who are just as important. The Wives serve as a representation

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    Kevin Law Mrs. Molnar Period 1 AP Language January 20th, 2015 Prostitution is as stated, “the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment.” (Google) Prostitution is a worldwide issue effecting the lives of many men and women, an ancient profession which has been dated back to 2400 B.C. It arrived in America with the early European settlers, however, Native Americans did not engage in this practice. Not long after flourishing throughout the states, religious groups

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    In the past, the word hero has held a symbol for many of a man in a tight blue spandex suit with superhuman abilities, who on the side nonchalantly saves the world every time. Now, we say the word hero, and suddenly normal, everyday people pop into our heads. We no longer deem heros to have superhuman abilities, but merely a prodigious heart. Society see us by the reflection of our deeds. As the world continues to face horrific problems of injustice, we have seen people rise from the masses, through

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    When it comes to questions of women's oppression, and particularly an issue like rape, the views of women, particularly feminists and rape 'survivors', are today to be accepted unquestioningly. And for Gittos, the implications of the rape culture discussion for important legal principles, freedom of speech, and even our ability to use our own judgement in our intimate lives are extremely troubling. Rape culture includes jokes, TV music, advertising, legal jargon, laws, words and imagery that make

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    Prostitution: Sociology

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    the sex industry; the higher the rank the hard to enter and easy to quit while it remains the opposite in the lower rank. The higher rank prostitutes also have more protection and security than the lower rank ones and there are more violent events (rape, death etc) in the lower rank than the higher rank that have an established business with higher and exclusive clientele. Despite it’s danger and the cultural taboo condemning it, in the documentary Prostitution: the oldest trade, where several prostitutes

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    Despite federal laws issued to combat sexual violence, each year 4,000 college women report to school officials that they've been sexually assaulted. What happens after they file those reports has stirred debate on campuses across the country, leaving parents and students fearful that colleges may not be the ivory towers of security and integrity that appear on their recruitment pamphlets. Schools vary widely on how they fulfill federal requirements on how to report and respond to sexual victimization

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    failure of the Indian judiciary system to get justice for the victims. Why is violence against women so prolific in India? Although the women's organizations in India have opposed individual acts of violence against women ranging from female infanticide, rape, dowry deaths, honor killings, acid attacks to female infanticides, there has been little attention given to the theoretical understanding of the causes of this violence. Between 2001 and 2011 the number of incidents has increased tremendously. The

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    Disgrace is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as a “loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action”. The word Disgrace has two subtly different meanings- it can either be used as a noun or a verb. A person can be in disgrace (noun) or person can disgrace themselves or others (verb). Either way it implies a dishonourable event occurred that casts a shadow over a person or a group of people. A dictionary definition cannot truly convey what the meaning of ‘disgrace’ is. As with

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    Prosecutors’ Charging Decisions in Sexual Assault Cases June 8, 2012 “ Case screening is the gateway to the criminal justice system. Prosecutors, acting as gatekeepers, decide which instances of alleged victimization will be passed on for adjudication by the courts” (Frohmann, 1991, p. 213). As Supreme Court Justice Jackson acknowledged in 1940, “the prosecutor has more control over life, liberty, and reputation than any other person in America” (Davis, 1969, p.190). Frohmann examined the

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