Although all incoming University of Connecticut students undergo sexual education, in the summer of 2010, a young woman was raped in her campus residence hall. She reported the rape to the university when the fall semester began, and by October, the university had expelled him and found him responsible (Kingkade). However, two weeks after his expulsion, he approached the young woman in a campus dining hall and informed her that his expulsion was over. The young woman made a complaint to the university, yet the university told her that due to differences in her schedule and his schedule, they did not believe a problem would occur (Kingkade). The young woman then took her complaint to the campus police; however, one of the officers told her
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The experiment consisted of showing a group of men a film detailing a rape experience and then asking them to imagine how their mother, girlfriend, or sister would feel if they were to get painfully raped (2241). Next the boys would brainstorm ways they could intervene if they were to see a rape that was about to happen (2242). The researchers followed up with these young men a few years later and approximately half of them mentioned they were still more careful with their sexual activity, especially when situations involved alcohol (2247-2248). This program emphasized that normal everyday men commit most rapes, not a scary man in an ally late at night. By teaching men this information in college, roughly half of them responded well to it, learning how to have more control over their own impulses (2250). Additionally, “4 out of 5 participants reported [at least some] attitude or behavioral change...after program participation” (2250). All this took was a one-time experience lasting one hour in a group setting. Imagine if society had taught these boys about consent and self-control from a young age. By starting in the home at a young age, more males in our society could learn to respect others and their boundaries. Additionally, individuals who learn these lessons from a …show more content…
Courts of law, including those in Texas1, Missouri2, Connecticut3, and Pennsylvania4, have had recent cases where “the credibility of a rape victim...is still looked upon with incredulity like no other crime” (Carson 58). It is extremely difficult for a victim to come forward to tell her personal and devastating experience, especially when the perpetrator was likely someone she was rather well acquainted with. There is intense fear and concern over whether or not society will believe the victim or blame them for the action taken against them. Courts of law have repeatedly upheld the decision not to punish a man for acting on his desires instead of controlling himself. In a 1989 Florida case, the defense introduced clothing that the victim was wearing as a key piece of evidence. When questioned about allowing the clothing into evidence, the judge on this case stated that, “whether women like it or not, they are sex objects. Are we supposed to take an impressionable person 15- or 16-years of age and punish that person severely because they react to it normally?” (Johnson, Lennon S, Lennon T). Although having hormones race through a teenagers ' body is, at times, a normal reaction to
The experiment consisted of showing a group of men a film detailing a rape experience and then asking them to imagine how their mother, girlfriend, or sister would feel if they were to get painfully raped (2241). Next the boys would brainstorm ways they could intervene if they were to see a rape that was about to happen (2242). The researchers followed up with these young men a few years later and approximately half of them mentioned they were still more careful with their sexual activity, especially when situations involved alcohol (2247-2248). This program emphasized that normal everyday men commit most rapes, not a scary man in an ally late at night. By teaching men this information in college, roughly half of them responded well to it, learning how to have more control over their own impulses (2250). Additionally, “4 out of 5 participants reported [at least some] attitude or behavioral change...after program participation” (2250). All this took was a one-time experience lasting one hour in a group setting. Imagine if society had taught these boys about consent and self-control from a young age. By starting in the home at a young age, more males in our society could learn to respect others and their boundaries. Additionally, individuals who learn these lessons from a …show more content…
Courts of law, including those in Texas1, Missouri2, Connecticut3, and Pennsylvania4, have had recent cases where “the credibility of a rape victim...is still looked upon with incredulity like no other crime” (Carson 58). It is extremely difficult for a victim to come forward to tell her personal and devastating experience, especially when the perpetrator was likely someone she was rather well acquainted with. There is intense fear and concern over whether or not society will believe the victim or blame them for the action taken against them. Courts of law have repeatedly upheld the decision not to punish a man for acting on his desires instead of controlling himself. In a 1989 Florida case, the defense introduced clothing that the victim was wearing as a key piece of evidence. When questioned about allowing the clothing into evidence, the judge on this case stated that, “whether women like it or not, they are sex objects. Are we supposed to take an impressionable person 15- or 16-years of age and punish that person severely because they react to it normally?” (Johnson, Lennon S, Lennon T). Although having hormones race through a teenagers ' body is, at times, a normal reaction to