Kobe Bryant sexual assault case

Melinda Sordino, a 14 year old teenager at a high school, gets raped by a senior during the summer before her freshman year. Throughout the novel, Melinda keeps on remembering what Andy Evans, the senior who raped Melinda, had done to her during the summer. In the novel speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the motif “mirror” presents Melinda’s journey to self-acceptance by displaying her first as a girl who refuses to look at herself, then as a girl that tries to seek herself, and lastly as a girl…

Title Abbey Morelli, Contributor On Thursday, September 7th, Betsy DeVos announced her intention to make changes to Obama-era legislation regarding sexual assault on college campuses. DeVos, The Education Secretary, has released her opinions on Title IX in regards to the accused and their right to due process, otherwise known as fair treatment within the judicial system. “The truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students. Survivors, victims of…

Power is the ability to control people in their words or actions. It is a necessary component in any society, without it, all pandemonium would break loose. There must be an established leader, consequently, when it is taken to an extreme, power can be iniquitous and can cause mass destruction. In the novel The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, the powerful abuse their power to take advantage of those who have none. One common theme among people in power is using rape to take advantage of the…

For example, when I was living in India, there were rape cases, but not as many as today. Until 2010ish, in India, most of the women wore Indian clothing and they did not expose as much as they do today. Today, when you go to India, there is so much of western culture than there is Indian culture. Being westernized…

In the persuasive article titled “The Sexual Assault Epidemic Is Real”, the author Natalie Denby, discusses about the rape culture in colleges and how the media normalizes these situations in college campuses. She states many statistics and counteracts those statistics to emphasize her thesis; to have colleges take more action and take the sexual assault cases at colleges more serious, by using a rhetorical device known as logos and counterclaims. She also uses recent events to explain why the…

The article discusses the objectification of women in music videos and its effect on the sexual beliefs of both men and women. The authors list the negative effects of music videos with sexual objectification present. The structure of the authors’ argument consists of listing various ways to analyze the objectification, examples of objectification in songs, and then listing the effects of the sexual objectification and providing evidence through experiment results. The structure of the argument…

Excuses and Justifications Research and multiple interview were conducted on convicted rapist who used excuses and justification to explain themselves and crimes. Convicted rapist incarcerated in maximum or medium-security prisons are split in two groups labeled deniers and admitters. Convicted rapist who are deniers attempted to justify their behavior regardless of their own action. Deniers placed full blame and responsibility on the victim and attempt to justify their rapes in five themes. The…

that first report of sexual nature involving the assistant coach? a. I believe if the Penn State board had gotten involved after that first report it could have save Penn State a lot of backlash. It could have also kept Penn State from losing their final 2011 season home game. “Penn State lost its final 2011 season home games, against Nebraska, without Paterno in his usual spot” (Swann 382). 2. Do you think that the head coach should have reported any reports involving sexual nature and the…

In this video, we learned about a rape case that suffered from a wrongful conviction. In Burlington, NC back in 1980, a young college student named Jenifer was raped. While being raped in her home she talked about how she studied the rapists to try and remember him for if she were to survive. She was able to escape and immediately went to the police. They showed her pictures of people she picked out a guy named Ron after studying all of the photos for a while. She then picked out the same guy in…

immediate effects and the long term affects of rape. The risk of being raped out there forever person at anytime a person can turn in to a victim. One might have a higher risk of being raped due to the place or situation they put themselves in. “In most case (Ann) see the victim’s rapist…