In the lifetime of an American woman, there is a one out of six chance that there will be an attempt to rape her or a completed rape (Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office). Rape is eminently prevalent in society. Rape is a planned event of forced sexual contact with the consent of the victim. It is something that approximately every woman in America has had a fear of at one point and has possibly nearly experienced. Rape is an attack on livelihood, safety and normalcy. Rape is preventable through awareness and the prevention of rape is important because of its impact on oodles of parts of society. Ordinarily, when a child is born the parent(s) almost always want the child’s life to be brighter and better than theirs was. The same circumstance
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The true start of prevention is with awareness. Nine out of ten victims never report their rape to the police. When victims don’t report rape, the rapist is free (Daniels-Booher 86). They have gotten away with it and can do it again. For example, if firemen do not know where the fire is they will not be able to put it out. The same scenario can be applied to the police arresting rapists. Unless they are aware, the police cannot do anything about it. There is no opportunity for legal intervention. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was passed to protect women. Since VAWA passed in 1944 incidents of domestic violence, which includes rape, have been decreasing (CCADV). Since the government has decided to take action there has been progress. The occurrences of rape are decreasing. The Violence Against Women Act helps victims with legal aspects. VAWA provides victim’s with necessary services, such as legal services. When there is an increase in the quantity of available legal services to victims, intimate partner decreases (CCADV). This proves that when men know that there can and will be consequences for their actions their behavior is better. Just like with a child, stopping dissatisfactory behavior starts with consequences, more importantly following through with the aforementioned
The true start of prevention is with awareness. Nine out of ten victims never report their rape to the police. When victims don’t report rape, the rapist is free (Daniels-Booher 86). They have gotten away with it and can do it again. For example, if firemen do not know where the fire is they will not be able to put it out. The same scenario can be applied to the police arresting rapists. Unless they are aware, the police cannot do anything about it. There is no opportunity for legal intervention. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was passed to protect women. Since VAWA passed in 1944 incidents of domestic violence, which includes rape, have been decreasing (CCADV). Since the government has decided to take action there has been progress. The occurrences of rape are decreasing. The Violence Against Women Act helps victims with legal aspects. VAWA provides victim’s with necessary services, such as legal services. When there is an increase in the quantity of available legal services to victims, intimate partner decreases (CCADV). This proves that when men know that there can and will be consequences for their actions their behavior is better. Just like with a child, stopping dissatisfactory behavior starts with consequences, more importantly following through with the aforementioned