Essays About Rape

Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance- A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L. McGuire, the author shows us some of what was happening in the lesser known parts of the movement focusing on how sexual violence against both women and men played a big part in the Civil Rights Movement. The book starts at nearly the beginning of the movement (1940s) and spans throughout the whole movement, seeming to mainly focus on the rape case of…

Feminism, while an American design, is a global movement. Despite advances in women’s equality in America, there are still social issues that demand the need for Feminism. Transgender issues, third-world oppression of females, and the emergence of rape culture are all examples of such issues. People who identify as transgender do not conform…

One of the most common forms of sexual assault is called acquaintance rape. Acquaintance rape “is a sexual assault perpetrated by someone who is known to the victim” (Romeo, 2004, p. 61). “Approximately 90% of college sexual assaults were committed by a perpetrator who was known to the victim prior to the time of the assault, often…

Recently, I read an article titled ‘Common Decency’ by Susan Jacoby, in my textbook which was an article issued in the New York Times. The essay was over the common offence of rape or date rape. In her essay, the author writes about date rape, focusing primarily on messages being sent and…

societies. In addition, women have been the main target for many years more than men were in a domestic violence. According to the “Get the Facts and Figures” article, on average, there are nearly 15% of women and 4% of men in the US who have experienced rape, physical violence, and stalking by their intimate partner in their lifetime (Hotline). There are about 12 million people who get affected by intimate partner violence each year. Looking at this statistics, we can definitely say that how…

colleges. Another known fact is that the victim often knows the perpetrator who commits these sexual acts against them. Yet, the victim does not report most of these sexual acts to the proper authorities, as they might not know what a sexual assault or rape is themselves (Karjane, Fisher and Cullen, 98). In the same document, it also says that the schools…

Women do it for various reasons. Women do it because they can’t financially support a baby, because of rape, because the child is diagnosed to be mentally ill, because it endangers the mom, or because they simply don’t want it. When it comes to aborting a baby there are various factors that play a role, many personal. Some who support abortion, say that…

the public, yet many people who are researching colleges do not look at these. According to these reports there is a growing rate in sexual assaults and rape on campus. Many students and parents do not think to look at these statistics though. All men, women, and staff, on and off campus, should be more knowledgeable on what Sexual Assault and Rape is, and how to prevent it. Even though the juridical definition…

Assault on College Campuses Rape is the most common violent crime committed on college campuses (Sarah). College students, because of their age are overall as a group high risk of becoming a victim of sexual assault. A survey conducted by The National Crime Victimization found no statistical difference in rape and sexual assault percentages between women of the same age and women at college. My freshman year attending college, I had a close teammate who was a victim of rape. Not only did this…

society. As it is established in the documentary, the universities, to keep their rape stats low, don’t take these allegations seriously and try to keep the women from reporting it to the police. Both women and men who have been raped and assaulted talk about the circumstances where and when these offences took place. Most say that people who they have either met or someone who they consider a friend does these rapes and assaults. Also that they take the help of a lot of alcohol and roofies to…