The article “The Challenge of Defining Rape” was written by Ian Urbina; the article raises the question what should be the definition of rape. Universities in California and the State University of New York changes their laws from “no means no” to “yes means yes.” Meaning that when people have sex with each other they must have an “affirmative, unambiguous, and conscious decision.” According to Urbina definitions of rape have shifted dramatically, there use to be a time when a husband can’t be charged for rape. Urbina mentioned that some legal scholars believe that different definitions can be suited in some cases. The definition of rape is a hard topic to talk about because everybody has a different opinion on it. I chose this article because out of all the options that were given to me this one really caught my eyes the moment I saw it. In my opinion, rape is wrong; no human being should be forced to have sex against their will. I wanted to read what Ian Urbina thought about the definition of rape because
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If a man were to rape a woman's without a condom that means that the sperm would enter the woman's body. There’s two possible outcomes when a sperm enters a woman body if no contraceptive was used. The woman could end up pregnant with the rapist child or worse catch an STD that is untreatable. The same thing can happen if it was a woman that had raped a man; he too can suffer the same outcomes. I learned one fact from this article written by Ian Urbina that I never knew before. Until 2012, the Federal Bureau of Investigation still considered rape, a crime only against women. I think that the F.B.I was wrong to think that a man can’t get raped; like it’s impossible for a man to get raped. Rape is not a subject to joke about it’s something that many people deal with and I wish them victims the best of
If a man were to rape a woman's without a condom that means that the sperm would enter the woman's body. There’s two possible outcomes when a sperm enters a woman body if no contraceptive was used. The woman could end up pregnant with the rapist child or worse catch an STD that is untreatable. The same thing can happen if it was a woman that had raped a man; he too can suffer the same outcomes. I learned one fact from this article written by Ian Urbina that I never knew before. Until 2012, the Federal Bureau of Investigation still considered rape, a crime only against women. I think that the F.B.I was wrong to think that a man can’t get raped; like it’s impossible for a man to get raped. Rape is not a subject to joke about it’s something that many people deal with and I wish them victims the best of