Persuasive Essay On College Rape

It’s that time of the year again. Every year throughout December and January, Seniors receive their college acceptance letters. So many years of hard work have finally paid off, and now all that is left to do is finish up high school and await that precious moment you can set foot on campus. But listen up Seniors, there is something you should know: If you are a girl, there is a one in five chance that you will become a victim of rape or attempted rape during your college academic career. Now, you might be thinking, “No, that would never happen to me at [insert dream school]!”. However, college rape is a nationwide problem. Although the statistics range from school to school, it isn’t just the party schools that are experiencing a rape crisis. Harvard, Dartmouth, and Stanford are just a few among the myriad of schools that have high sexual violence statistics, according to the Washington Post. In 2015, the Association of American Universities released a survey which found that out of 27 universities, 23.1% of women revealed that they had experienced nonconsensual sexual contact …show more content…
But just because our society, for the most part, does not outwardly promote rape, does not mean that it does not participate in cultural practices that excuse or tolerate sexual violence. As high schoolers, we are all aware of the popular concept of “bagging”. Although it can refer to both genders, it usually allusions to the idea that a boy has gotten a girl to go out with him, or got her to “hook up” with him. According to the dictionary, “to bag” means “to successfully kill or catch an animal”. The fact that teens use this term to describe success in their relationships shows the effect of hyper-masculinity on our daily lives. Bagging infers that women are objects to be possessed. It exerts the “masculinity” that we look up to in our culture and objectifies women and their willpower. Rape culture thrives on