Everyone today has heard of at least one rape story. And if a citizen has only heard of one story, they must rarely keep up with current events in society. Whether it came from the victim her/himself or on the local news, its no surprise the rate at which this specific crime is occurring. The shocking news is, however, the number one location rape happens today is on college campuses nationwide (Parent, 2010). If so many rapes occur on a weekly or even daily basis, why are the majority of them not being reported? The answer has to do with the criminal justice system. So many perpetrators are held to little or no punishment for the crime they committed. Brock Turner, for example, raped an unconscious female at Stanford University and was sentenced
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That is considered a stereotype. As human beings, we believe each sex has certain traits, behaviors, and characteristics to be portrayed and followed through. That being said, stereotypes play a significant role in rape culture. Studies have shown that people who associate crime with stereotypes are more likely to blame the victim for the actions taken upon them (Parent, 2010). However, they’re more likely to blame women than just blaming the victim regardless of …show more content…
They not only affect the victim physically but mentally and emotionally. After the crime is committed the victim feels ashamed of their body and uncomfortable in their own skin. The perpetrators who committed the crime fail to fully understand the everlasting effects their actions carry on the victim. In some cases, most victims never fully recover from the crime and continue to live their life humiliated and in fear.
Furthermore, the actions of sexual assault and rape are linked to causing a variety of psychological symptoms in women. The symptoms include but are not limited to dissociative disorders, somatoform disorders, panic disorder, other anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, alcohol abuse, and posttraumatic stress disorder (Elklit, 2013). An alarming 70% of victims who have been raped experience at least one of those symptoms, with 45% experience symptoms that are consistent to that of PTSD (Elklit,2013). When men and women who have undergone these attacks come forward to reveal these symptoms and different disorders many of them are then looked at by society as having a disability because the could not cope with the
That is considered a stereotype. As human beings, we believe each sex has certain traits, behaviors, and characteristics to be portrayed and followed through. That being said, stereotypes play a significant role in rape culture. Studies have shown that people who associate crime with stereotypes are more likely to blame the victim for the actions taken upon them (Parent, 2010). However, they’re more likely to blame women than just blaming the victim regardless of …show more content…
They not only affect the victim physically but mentally and emotionally. After the crime is committed the victim feels ashamed of their body and uncomfortable in their own skin. The perpetrators who committed the crime fail to fully understand the everlasting effects their actions carry on the victim. In some cases, most victims never fully recover from the crime and continue to live their life humiliated and in fear.
Furthermore, the actions of sexual assault and rape are linked to causing a variety of psychological symptoms in women. The symptoms include but are not limited to dissociative disorders, somatoform disorders, panic disorder, other anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, alcohol abuse, and posttraumatic stress disorder (Elklit, 2013). An alarming 70% of victims who have been raped experience at least one of those symptoms, with 45% experience symptoms that are consistent to that of PTSD (Elklit,2013). When men and women who have undergone these attacks come forward to reveal these symptoms and different disorders many of them are then looked at by society as having a disability because the could not cope with the