Essays About Rape

The article states that Harvard is putting many efforts into providing these protections against rape culture there are some specific examples. Schools can push a zero tolerance policy in which they discuss with the students what this policy entails such as the schools expectations of the student’s behaviors while they go to this school and clear descriptions…

topics that tied with rape and sexual assault, from knowing how to cope to confronting a person that has offended you or someone else. Chapter 17 provided the theories and, concepts behind rape and sexual assault. There are five basic theories to the reason why rape and sexual assault occurs around the world, rapist psychopathology, victim participation, feminist, Evolutionary and sociological theories. Beginning with the first theory rapist psychopathology, this form of rape is seen as a…

Rape is a crime, with maximum number of 25 years for the perpetrator. And yet some individuals place the blame for the rape on the person being sexually assaulted, and not on the perpetrator. Society plays a big role in blaming victims for rape. Everything depends on how society perceives each individual, because they get to categorize who they blame when it comes to rape. There are three beliefs to why an individual would want to blame the victim: hostile sexism, benevolent sexism and belief in…

moment, the victim has been denied a proper investigation, and the feelings of they deserved it or wanted begin. 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…

The reason why I choose this article is because my last class covered topics on women from all over the countries, so when I was reading this section in my book regarding the feminist approach I wanted to do a little more research because this is not a topic we covered. The feminist approach can be explained in many ways such as, any sexual abuse comes closer than any other approach to providing explanations for and suggesting responses to the range of abusive behaviors from men. Also it has…

On August 12, 2012, a 16-year-old girl from Ohio was sexually assaulted by two high school football players. Also, in Kwangju Inhwa School in South Korea, six teachers including the principal sexually abused and raped at least nine of their deaf-mute students between 2000 and 2003. The victims of the sexual abuse and raping never could never live a same life they used to live. They go through severe mental illness or depression. Some even live in physical pain. In these days, crimes that are…

State of California vs Turner, Brock Turner, 20-year-old Caucasian male and was a resident in California was charged with rape of three out of five counts in 2015, penal code PC261 (a)(3), PC261 (a)(4), PC220 (a)(1), PC289 (e), PC289 (d) (Official California Legislative Information , 1993). Turner was found guilty in March of three felony charges: assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated/unconscious person PC220 (a)(1), penetration of an intoxicated person PC289 (e), and penetration…

pick up a few things. For example, they learn that they are not in charge of their bodies, they are inferior to men, and that the way they look and dress justifies their invalidation and any harm done to them (“Are School”). However, as I said before, rape culture is not a societal downfall that concerns only women; men face negative effects as well. “Boys will be boys” is a statement too often used to justify wrongful acts of men. By instilling an entitlement to women in young men, society…

Kesha Sebert, better known simply as “Kesha” of award-winning singer/songwriter fame, has been the center of attention amid recent controversy surrounding the rape allegations she made against her producer, Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald). Kesha’s initial lawsuit was filed in California against Gottwald in October of 2014. This was shortly after her time spent in a rehabilitation center for an eating disorder, for which she blames years of abuse from her producer. Gottwald countered with a lawsuit…

Rape and sexual assault during a time a war have been largely neglected by the general population and scholars, and few empirical studies have been conducted to understand this phenomenon. However, rape has been an unstated requirement for wars over many years. That is why is is important to understand what brings certain individuals to commit these…