Throughout the course of this class it has come to our attention that there has been many misunderstandings between the myths and the facts of rape. As we asked ourselves these two questions: Why do people believe that the way a woman dresses affects her likelihood of being raped and why do people believe that rape is motivated by sexual urges, we discovered many interesting things about the topic of rape.
We researched the history of rape and learned that rape occurrences trace as far back as 900 BC (“History of Rape Culture”). The rape of women and youth was a common theme throughout Greek mythology in stories of Zeus, Hera, and many other Greek Gods and Goddesses (“History of Rape Culture”). Until 1993 men used to be able to force sex upon their wives without any repercussions. In 1993 is when this became illegal and known as marital rape (“History of Rape Culture”). February is the sexual assault awareness month and the color of the awareness ribbon is teal, which is why we handed out teal ribbons to all of our classmates (“History of Rape Culture”). …show more content…
Some of these include post traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder, which exhibit the same symptoms but last for different amounts of time (“Rape Trauma Syndrome”). PTSD generally lasts a lifetime while acute stress disorder lasts anywhere from a few days to a month (“Rape Trauma Syndrome”). Anxiety, depression, and borderline personality disorder are a few other disorders that can arise because of rape (“Rape Trauma Syndrome”). A few others include drug use, social isolation, or even suicide (“Rape Trauma
We researched the history of rape and learned that rape occurrences trace as far back as 900 BC (“History of Rape Culture”). The rape of women and youth was a common theme throughout Greek mythology in stories of Zeus, Hera, and many other Greek Gods and Goddesses (“History of Rape Culture”). Until 1993 men used to be able to force sex upon their wives without any repercussions. In 1993 is when this became illegal and known as marital rape (“History of Rape Culture”). February is the sexual assault awareness month and the color of the awareness ribbon is teal, which is why we handed out teal ribbons to all of our classmates (“History of Rape Culture”). …show more content…
Some of these include post traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder, which exhibit the same symptoms but last for different amounts of time (“Rape Trauma Syndrome”). PTSD generally lasts a lifetime while acute stress disorder lasts anywhere from a few days to a month (“Rape Trauma Syndrome”). Anxiety, depression, and borderline personality disorder are a few other disorders that can arise because of rape (“Rape Trauma Syndrome”). A few others include drug use, social isolation, or even suicide (“Rape Trauma