Kobe Bryant sexual assault case

America someone is being sexually assaulted. Every two minutes there is another victim of rape. Every two minutes there is another person who may or may not get justice for a terrible crime committed against them. In today’s society these victims of sexual assault are shunned and blamed for these crimes do to the ever growing’ rape culture that is present in America. An article written by John Fidler that was published in Reading Eagle states, “’Well, what was she wearing?’ ‘I’ll bet she was…

but she makes it clear that a cultural norm has developed, making commitment-free sex a quite normal occurrence. The widespread distribution and availability of pornography is also largely to blame for the recent increase in this commitment-free sexual behavior that is being displayed by college students, according to Nourse. Another point Nourse raises is the correlation between the hook up culture and the rising rate of STD’s and STI’s in America’s college students. Her article provides an…

the unlucky ones that get raped. Most of the colleges discourage the students to report the rape, they also blame them for the rape. Schools are more worried about the reputation than to do something to prevent students from getting raped. A lot of cases have been reported where a girl is raped at a party. Most of them were raped by an athlete. The school blames the girls for getting raped. The athletes who rape most of the time do not even get charged with anything. It is because the athlete…

In America alone, a woman gets raped every 2 minutes, that 's 30 women every hour, and 720 women in a day. Thousands of perpetrators get away with rape and in my opinion, this is because of cases such as Brock Turner 's who had his punishment dropped from 14 years to just six months which has now turned to three because of "good behavior". It is also because of judges like Judge Aaron Persky who let criminals get away with rape because of things…

Statistics on Sexual Violence”, one in five women will be raped in their lifetime (“Statistics on Sexual Violence”). While the Campus Sexual Assault Study concluded a connection between sexual assault and living…

scrutinized and possibly stripped of his title after he uttered those specific words to a victim of a rape case. Sexual assault cases have had the spotlight shining down on them for some time now, especially since feminist movements focusing on women’s issues have become increasingly popular. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, rape is defined as “unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under the threat of injury against the will, usually of a…

In the case of Varner versus National Super Markets a seventeen year old female employee sued the company alleging sexual harassment. Ms. Varner worked for National Super Markets along with her fiancé. After complaining to her fiancé about the alleged sexual harassment, he twice complained to the store general manager and was informed by the manager that the company policy requires the person being harassed to file the complaint themselves. Ultimately no action was taken and eventually Ms.…

Lee SOC393 Notions That Challenge The “Blame The Victim” Accounts of Serial Homicide When it comes to risk factors associated with sexual violence and serial homicide, people often times “blame the victim” for serial murder or other types of sexual violence that occurs. However, there are many other risk factors associated with making a victim vulnerable to sexual assault or violence. According to Harber et al (2015), “victim blaming” is a concept that suggests that women in some way deserve to…

Rhetorical Analysis of "The real campus sexual assault problem--and how to fix it: the answer: social limits, and limits on alcohol." Sexual assault on colleges campuses is nothing new. For years, schools have been trying to combat this unspeakable crime by implementing policies and rules against it, but according Jon A. and Bradford Richardson’s article, “The Real Campus Sexual Assault Problem--And How to Fix It: The Answer: Social Limits, and Limits on Alcohol,” the problem is only getting…

Fields, the theme of abuse of power for the purpose of carrying out the illegal and immoral acts of sexual violence and sexual harassment are explored. Throughout the documentary various undocumented women who work in the agricultural production industry are interviewed and have given insight into the deplorable working conditions they have had to persevere and various instances of rape and sexual assault that have occurred in their workplaces. Many of these women’s supervisors have use their…