Introduction
Every two minutes an American is sexually assaulted (RAIN STATISTIC). Although we are all encouraged to openly express our human sexuality, women are constantly walking around with the fear of being raped whether they are at home, work, or at school. With the influence of culture, religion, politics and society, America has slowly created a rape culture. A culture that has constantly found different ways to hold victims of sexual assault accountable for while male sexual violence is mainstreamed. Although growing up in a rape culture has developed several public health issues, including the violation of the human sexuality rights of females, with the assistance of government intervention we can take steps to change America’s mindset and create a world where a woman can walk with assurance that she will not be taken advantage of.
Sexual assaults that take place in college tend to occur more frequently within women, but any gender can be a victim. Campus Safety has been an ongoing issue in the past several years. “1 in 4 women in college today has been the victim of rape, and nearly 90% of them knew their rapist” (Warsow 13). A controversial issue has been whether or not colleges are mishandling reported campus sexual assaults. Arguments have aroused that colleges have been within violations of the …show more content…
Society has taught us that we are to blame our uncontrollable sex desire. It has geared our views towards it as the victim’s fault. That her “skirt was too short” or the manner she “carried herself” insisted that she was “asking for it”. There are several categorizations as the reason of why people rape. The most common type of motivation present on college campuses is Power Rape. Power rape stems from dominance and control issues. By stripping them away of their sexuality, the rapist’s hopes to obtain complete control of the victim (CITE
Every two minutes an American is sexually assaulted (RAIN STATISTIC). Although we are all encouraged to openly express our human sexuality, women are constantly walking around with the fear of being raped whether they are at home, work, or at school. With the influence of culture, religion, politics and society, America has slowly created a rape culture. A culture that has constantly found different ways to hold victims of sexual assault accountable for while male sexual violence is mainstreamed. Although growing up in a rape culture has developed several public health issues, including the violation of the human sexuality rights of females, with the assistance of government intervention we can take steps to change America’s mindset and create a world where a woman can walk with assurance that she will not be taken advantage of.
Sexual assaults that take place in college tend to occur more frequently within women, but any gender can be a victim. Campus Safety has been an ongoing issue in the past several years. “1 in 4 women in college today has been the victim of rape, and nearly 90% of them knew their rapist” (Warsow 13). A controversial issue has been whether or not colleges are mishandling reported campus sexual assaults. Arguments have aroused that colleges have been within violations of the …show more content…
Society has taught us that we are to blame our uncontrollable sex desire. It has geared our views towards it as the victim’s fault. That her “skirt was too short” or the manner she “carried herself” insisted that she was “asking for it”. There are several categorizations as the reason of why people rape. The most common type of motivation present on college campuses is Power Rape. Power rape stems from dominance and control issues. By stripping them away of their sexuality, the rapist’s hopes to obtain complete control of the victim (CITE