Every week, Noemi has to hand over her daughter to the man convicted of assaulting her. She has no other choice, she has to do it no matter what. She fears that he will hurt her daughter or do something bad to her. She doesn’t want something horrible to happen to her daughter. She didn’t want him to see her daughter but she was forced to share her daughter. Noemi’s situation isn’t unusual. Across America, there are state laws that don’t protect women who become pregnant through rape from being forced to share their children with their rapists. Although many people aren’t taking the rape epidemic seriously. They think that it’s a big joke and that it will never happen to them if they take care of themselves. Some don’t even know that much about
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Some argue that society doesn’t need to take the rape epidemic seriously, while others believe that society does need to take it serious. Despite what they say, society needs to take the rape epidemic seriously because many boys and girls don’t know that much about rape and some don’t even know how bad it is and stricter punishments on rapists may be a good thing.
Society needs to take the rape epidemic seriously because many boys and girls don’t know that much about rape and some don’t even know how bad it is. For example, in Kenya they are starting to teach kids about the rape culture. According to the article, “Kenya’s unique approach to rape culture should have the rest of the world taking note,” they have found out by teaching boys about the rape epidemic, they have actually learned many important things and may act differently when they see that something up. It says, “The study found that boys who go through training were more likely to intervene when witnessing a girl being assaulted, and they were less likely to verbally harass girls. …show more content…
For instance, they may say that being in prison for a longer time won’t change them or challenge them to change. The article, “Longer prison sentences are not the way to cut crime” shows that longer prison sentences won’t teach them anything, they may not end up changing like other hoped they would. It says, “In many cases, prison does not challenge an individual's behaviour, it does not highlight the damage caused to victims and communities, and it can make matters worse by normalising criminal behaviour and severely affecting an individual's mental and physical health,” (McDowell, 2012). This evidence shows that individuals may not feel guilty after what they had done to the victim, even after spending some time in prison, it may not change their perspective. But some people may change, they would realize that what they had done is wrong and feel guilty. By being in prison or giving them a stricter punishment it may end up teaching them a lesson. If they had never done what they had done, they wouldn’t be in that bad situation. Furthermore, others may believe that longer prison terms won’t reduce crime. In the article, “When it comes to crime, harsher punishment doesn’t pay” researches found out that by doing this, more crime is happening. It says, “The study by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research found that increasing the risk of arrest and imprisonment were much more
Some argue that society doesn’t need to take the rape epidemic seriously, while others believe that society does need to take it serious. Despite what they say, society needs to take the rape epidemic seriously because many boys and girls don’t know that much about rape and some don’t even know how bad it is and stricter punishments on rapists may be a good thing.
Society needs to take the rape epidemic seriously because many boys and girls don’t know that much about rape and some don’t even know how bad it is. For example, in Kenya they are starting to teach kids about the rape culture. According to the article, “Kenya’s unique approach to rape culture should have the rest of the world taking note,” they have found out by teaching boys about the rape epidemic, they have actually learned many important things and may act differently when they see that something up. It says, “The study found that boys who go through training were more likely to intervene when witnessing a girl being assaulted, and they were less likely to verbally harass girls. …show more content…
For instance, they may say that being in prison for a longer time won’t change them or challenge them to change. The article, “Longer prison sentences are not the way to cut crime” shows that longer prison sentences won’t teach them anything, they may not end up changing like other hoped they would. It says, “In many cases, prison does not challenge an individual's behaviour, it does not highlight the damage caused to victims and communities, and it can make matters worse by normalising criminal behaviour and severely affecting an individual's mental and physical health,” (McDowell, 2012). This evidence shows that individuals may not feel guilty after what they had done to the victim, even after spending some time in prison, it may not change their perspective. But some people may change, they would realize that what they had done is wrong and feel guilty. By being in prison or giving them a stricter punishment it may end up teaching them a lesson. If they had never done what they had done, they wouldn’t be in that bad situation. Furthermore, others may believe that longer prison terms won’t reduce crime. In the article, “When it comes to crime, harsher punishment doesn’t pay” researches found out that by doing this, more crime is happening. It says, “The study by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research found that increasing the risk of arrest and imprisonment were much more