Essays About Rape

In our day and age rape is still seen as a taboo subject and is rarely openly discussed. Avoiding a problem has never solved it and this is an issue that has lingered with humanity across time. Yes, it is illegal, recognized as a horrible act and activists are starting to spring up here and there, but that isn't enough. People don't give rape a second thought and go through life thinking "That won't happen to me," or looking down on victims. When it is a very real possibility they could become a…

attention. I was not aware of the number of rapes that happen specially in my age group. I was so upset to see the approach colleges took toward the rape issue. When you are in a college campus it is not a judge it is not a police man that is supposed to protect, you it is your campus. The campus should be a safe place where you feel like you’re in your home protected by your family. When a situation occurs the campus acts like it was a simple fist fight yet rape is painful and it makes a huge…

If one were to google ‘rape in mythology’, the first link to come up is “List of rape victims from ancient history and mythology” on Wikipedia. Of the sixteen listed references of rape in mythology in the article, nine are of Greek origin. While Wikipedia is not necessarily known for it’s accuracy, there are multiple sites that confirm this trend, exemplifying the relative multitude of rape stories in Greek mythology. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines ‘rape’ as, ”Unlawful sexual activity…

archetype of a sexual assault and rape perpetrator are considered to be common for each person. Some of the characteristics are deviant sexual arousal, interests or preferences, cognitive distortions or pro-offending attitudes, social, interpersonal and intimacy deficits, victim empathy deficits, poor coping or self-management skills, under-detected deviant sexual behaviors, and history of maltreatment (CSOM, n.d.). Another archetype of a sexual assault and rape perpetrator is mostly likely not…

Guys: the Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb, an outstanding novel based on the Glen Ridge rape case by Bernard Lefkowitz, explains in the great detail about the rape between the victim and the suspects. Lefkowitzs goes into great detail about the Glen Ridge rape by explaining the social problems of the town, how the community heavily influenced a social role for young men and women. The all-star jocks in Glen Ridge picked Leslie Faber to be their victim of rape because of…

People should be taught not to rape rather than not to be raped. Often times, people will often deny that they have raped someone, using the excuse that, “they wanted it,” or, “they asked for it.” The dictionary definition of rape is, “unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.” Along with this, people will confuse…

A student came forward and said she was sexually assaulted by four University of Minnesota football players. It was investigated but there were no charges pressed and the players were allowed to continue playing. The four accused and other players have missed one game already and may miss more, just home games though. There is a restraining order on the players saying they cannot be near the student 's apartment or her place of employment. She works at the football stadium where the university…

Rape and Remuneration: An Analysis of Culturally Normalized Misogyny and Sexual Violence In early February 2017 Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger appeared in a Ted Talks podcast to deliver their co-authored speech “Our Story of Rape and Reconciliation”. In this talk, Elva and Stranger reflect on their adolescent relationship and discuss how Stranger sexually assaulted Elva. Nine years later, Elva wrote Stranger a letter expressing the emotional trauma she had been experiencing, and his apologetic…

pin down its actual definition. The U.S. Justice Department (2014) defines sexual assault as “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient”. Understanding that sexual assault is not just stranger rape gives a better understanding of what sexual assault is which is important. An inclusive definition of sexual assault can decrease its prevalence among young people by increasing understanding of the problem (Forni, 2014). One in five women will…

To yell fire not rape because people will respond to that better. We teach women ways to not get raped, but when do we teach society not to rape. “1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape).” (Tjaden,Thoennes page 3) It is ridiculous how big these…