The Argumentative Essay: The True Definition Of Rape

Improved Essays
Rape is not good, in any case whatsoever. That is not what is being argued. Instead, many are confused as to if being raped/raping was really rape, and the velocity of such. There is a fine line between sex with consent and rape. Do both parties necessarily need to state, “Yes, I want to have sex.” or are there different ways to consent to intercourse? These are the questions that many people face when discussing rape. Now no one really agrees with rape, but there has always been the battle between the victim provoking sex but not verbally consenting, and just simple rape. There has also been many cases where people desensitize the subject of rape. The difference between the two is confusing, but forcing themselves upon someone without consent is wrong, and joking about it isn’t okay either. Now whether they were forcing themselves or it was consented (verbally or not) is the real debate. …show more content…
The unlawful compelling of a person through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse. 2. Any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person” (rape 1). There are also different types of forcing oneself upon someone. “The forms of rape may be specified based on who is committing the rape, who the rape victim is and the specific actions involved in the rape” (Tracy 1). In that article, it states that there are 7 or more different types. There’s diminished capacity rape, age-related rape, incest, partner rape, acquaintance rape, aggravated rape, and many other types. There is a very important point made in this article, “It is critical to remember that whatever form of rape occurs, it is always the fault of the rapist and never the fault of the victim” (Tracy

Related Documents

  • Superior Essays

    WHY DO INDIVIDUALS STAY IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS? Fear · Fear of further abuse to oneself as well as fear for the children who may already be part of the abusive pattern. · Feelings of guilt for somehow being responsible for the batterer’s unhappiness and anger. · The individual may feel they somehow provoked them or is inadequate as a spouse and parent. · Many abused individuals watched their mothers tolerate abuse and may have grown up with an overwhelming sense of shame.…

    • 1432 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Sexual Assault Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual activity that occurs without clear consent from both individuals. Sexual assault is never the victim’s fault. No one has the right to have sexual contact with you without your consent. Various forms of sexual assault include: • Rape. Sexual assault is called rape if penetration has occurred (vaginal, oral, or anal).…

    • 780 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Sodomy Law In Texas

    • 741 Words
    • 3 Pages

    With the time legal law has changed to be more neutralized with gender. The crime of rape is defined differently depending on the state. In some states they no longer used the word rape. Instead, they use different terminology like sexual battery, unlawful intercourse…

    • 741 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    As he was raping her, she resisted at first; however, it could be argued, she did not truly attempt to resist and appeared to enjoy it towards the end and held him close. In common law, rape is defined as vaginal intercourse by force or threat of bodily injury without the victim’s consent. In common law, only women can be raped and a husband cannot rape his wife. Raping a person while asleep or drugged, does not qualify as rape in the common…

    • 504 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Warning, the following text includes triggers that may harm individuals. A Call To Change Women around the world age 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria (Violence against women). One in five women on U.S. college campuses have experienced sexual assault (Kessler). These statistics should shock one to the core, but does it?…

    • 1037 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Date Rape Essay

    • 712 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Rape: No Means NO In the time that you are brushing your teeth, someone is getting raped. Rape happens every two minutes in the United States. According to Webster’s dictionary, rape is defined as “a unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent.” Another word for rape would be Sexual Assault…

    • 712 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Rape in my own understanding is when person A wants to treat person B’s life recklessly and without consent in order to achieve sexual pleasure. Person A would need to have any type of sexual intercourse as their prime motive, and they have no intention in asking person B for consent, knowing that they will refuse. Obviously, rape and alcohol play a major role together; it can be used as the weapon of malice in order to help person A make sure that person B is in an unconscious state.…

    • 480 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Rape under any circumstance is wrong and should not be justified. The four myths that try to explain the cause of rape are wrong a well. The first myth says that rapes have an uncontrollable impulses or urges that cause them to act out. I believe that to be a cop out and a lame excuse. We all have argues that cause us to out…

    • 133 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Introduction Perceptions about the severity of rape encompass considerations about the liability of the victim and perpetrator, assessments of motives, and numerous psychological consequences (Ben-David & Schneider, 2005). In a rape-supportive culture, minimizations of harshness of rape can be asserted by refusal to label the situation as rape or by characterizing the situation as not being psychologically damaging which is a violation of the rights of the victim (Glass, 2002). Traditional sex scripts of men and women create a rape-supportive culture in the United States (Check & Malamuth, 1983). Rape is a coherent extension of our cultures sex role socialization process that legitimizes coercive sexuality.…

    • 1744 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Personal Beliefs On Rape

    • 183 Words
    • 1 Pages

    I say there is a blurred line between it all. There are exceptions to other crimes such as robbery and assault. I therefore believe rape can be justified. We are always so quick to judge just about any crime, however, I feel there is always and exception. I love how you brought up the idea of the rape…

    • 183 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    “There will be over 3,500 killed in the USA today from abortion. No flags lowered, no presidents crying. No media hyperventilating. Normal Day,” –Matt Drudge. Abortion is a very serious and controversial topic.…

    • 1560 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Rape culture is very common in today’s society. Examples of rape culture are everywhere and have slowly made its way into everyday life that it is almost invisible. In definition, rape culture is a culture in where rape or sexual violence is condoned or normalized, but deeper in the definition there are other subjects such as victim blaming, objectification and much more. It is when the victims are told to avoid being raped instead of the rapists being taught to have common sense to respect individuals and not rape. Rape culture exists and is a great problem that needs to be terminated and addressed.…

    • 1415 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their life time (Sommers, Christina). It’s sad to see that those numbers are small and fairly close to each other. They fact that they might not even know it is even worse. Domestic violence comes down to even high school. 1 in 4 high school dating relationship is violent (Roleff, Tamara).…

    • 2734 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Male rape should not be funny joke to laugh about, it should be a comfortable subject we can speak about without falling to a misleading hole of myths and in order to do this we must first diminish these mere myths. Unfortunately sexual…

    • 1509 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “I think that every women in our culture is a feminist. They may refuse to articulate it but if you were to take any woman back forty years and say ‘Is this a world you want to live in?’ They would say ‘No,’” Helen Mirren, the acclaimed English actress once said. The question this statement raises is why are women refusing to identify as feminists?…

    • 1169 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays

Related Topics