Abuse & Incest National Network

Abuse is Never Acceptable Emotions and abuse play a big part in abuse. By putting on a false mask, the pain is hidden from prying eyes. The woman with the black eye for not having dinner ready when the man of the house arrived home. The child with the bruises because of the irritation to the parent because of a sleepless night. The woman down the block who can’t associate with the neighbors, who is locked in a prison by day. The emotions are masked with a false face to hide what truly is…

shocking it is that a college student was asked what she would have done differently when she reported her rape, this is not a rare incident. All across the nation, women are being raped and sexual assaulted, yet according to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN), 98% of perpetrators will never spend a day in prison. All across the nation, women are being raped and sexually assaulted, but nobody is doing anything. All across the nation, rape is being treated like a fly that…

In Melissa Jeltsen’s article, “Cops get new Guidance on Responding to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence,” she explains why new policies are being made for policemen to follow when investigating sexual assault crimes. New rules are being made in the police force that require more policies and training because many policemen are taking advantage of rape stereotypes. These new guidelines are making policemen investigate more thoroughly instead of just making assumptions. Many policemen were…

Attending an institution of higher learning puts people at a higher risk of being sexually assaulted. In fact RAINN( Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) states that college students are at higher risk of being sexually assaulted compared to any other age group. Since colleges and universities have been deemed the source of the majority of rape cases, the spotlight is on every campus throughout the United States of America to lower the numbers they are reporting. Yet with all the effort to…

sexual abuse, a vast majority of defendants refer to rape as “it” i.e: “(s)he askied for ‘it”, “oh, ‘it’ was just a cry for attention”-- does nicknaming ‘rape’ as ‘it’ make it less of a heinous crime? Does ‘it’ cushion the fact that someone survived the unwilling stripping of their innocence at a vulnerable time? According to an analysis made by RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network), 97 of 100 rapists walk free with absolutely no consequences. Yet, somehow, a victim of sexual abuse…

According to Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) about 293,000 people are raped in America each year and 98% of rapists will never spend a day in jail (RAINN). This was very surprising to me. The reason that 98% of rapists will never go to jail is because society will blame the woman for something that was not her fault. Laila and Mariam, two Afghan women who are the main characters in Hosseini’s A Thousand Suns, are victims are both sexual and physical abuse. They are brought…

both” (Burt 217). After many cases of rape, the victim is often asked, “Well what were you wearing?” Not only does this fail to achieve justice, it damages that women’s confidence and impacts women as a whole. According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network, “17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape” (“Who are the Victims?”). Rape culture is a derivative of discrimination of women and it causes body shaming of women and poor self image in women…

Sexual 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…

because they do not want to always remember that horrible memory of them getting raped. In fact, researchers show that 17.7 million American women have been victims of rape. That is one out of every five women according to the Rainn Rape, Abuse & Incest National Networks. Bachiochi is wrong that women have to keep their baby if they are pregnant because no one would want to relive the moment that they were being raped; keeping that child will constantly remind the women about the tragic that…

views. I believe, this effect extends to how victims of sexual violence are perceived. One in two transgender people are being sexually abused at some point during their lives, but some measures find that number to be closer to two in three. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) claims that acts of physical and sexual violence towards transgender individuals are more socially acceptable due to less extreme daily acts of discrimination such as homophobia and transphobia. This…