Rape fantasy

Twenty percent of sexual assault victims say it happened in the living quarters, Thirty-four percent say the assault included alcohol and/or drugs used by the victim or the perpetrator, according to a survey by the "Defense Manpower Data Center. Last year eight percent of females in the United States Marine Corps were sexually assaulted, along with 1.1 percent of males. Making the Marine Corps the highest percentage among all of the armed forces. So why would the regimental commander prohibit…

continues to happen, when thinking about sexual harassment, this is something that happens often. In most scenarios sexual harassment comes first, followed by sexual assault and/or rape. Although many people think that sexual assault and rape are the same concept, they are not. Sexual assault includes unwanted sexual contact; rape includes unwanted penetration. All of these actions are wrong, but all of these actions unfortunately happen. The shocking method is normally used in order to get an…

understand of what is rape and what it means to consent to sex. However, I disagree with how everyone presented their opinion on consent. Specifically, we seemed to simplify what rape and consent means and made the definition very black and white. This begs the question, if we are a representation of our college campus and we are all aware of what consent and rape is or is not, why do we have so many sexual assault and rape cases at the University of Maryland? I do not think rape or consent is…

According to the DSM-V, Tina’s case meets the criteria of PTSD: 1) exposure to threats of death and sexual violence - through direct exposure, witnessing the event and repeated exposure; 2) intrusion symptoms - there was a distinct mark of physiological reactivity post-exposure trauma to stimuli, involuntary recollections of trauma expressed by constantly putting her guards up, and intensely prolonged distress post-exposure; 3) Persistent avoidance of distressing trauma-related stimuli – Tina…

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…

victims have died while waiting for help. This creates a wall saying that men cannot be victims of sexual assault, simply because they are men and a hypermasculine culture does not allow for victimized men. Additionally, for years the FBI has defined rape as “the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will”. This terminology negates even the possibility that males could be victims of sexual assault, and clearly shows how the FBI has felt about sexual abuse and victims. A…

interaction between officer and victim will set the tone for the investigation and could make or break the case. Officers who have specialized training or experience should be the officers if possible to respond. To outline the proper police response to a rape investigation, one the officer should respond with sensitivity, care, and compassion. The officer should then announce themselves as to reduce the fears of the victim that may still linger for fear of the suspect returning. The officer…

experiencing a dangerous or fearful event in their life (BOOK). No body has to fight in wars to acquire this illness. The cause of PTSD can originate from a natural disaster, horrifying experience, fear, or helplessness(BOOK). In women's cases, assault, rape, and domestic violence are the leading causes for this illness (BOOK). Overall seeing someone die, or knowing someone that died can be the major component that gives people this terrible illness(BOOK). This summer I experienced a terrible…

The book Rape Work by Yancey Martin, is about three different organizations on how they handle rape victims. These organizations, legal law enforcement, hospitals ad rape crisis centers, all have similar and different ways the workers there treat rape victims. There are also some consequences from some of the treatments the victims get by these organizations. At the end of the book, Martin mentions some of her ideas of ways to treat rape victims more effectively and more humanely. All of these…

Benson, a detective, goes home, only to find the criminal that she put in jail was out on bail, and he raped her right in her home along with burning her face with a grill. The man that rapes Olivia tortures her and rapes her many times over. When she is freed, she ends up developing PTSD and becomes just like a rape victims she had recently talked to. Therefore, not only do viewers learn about the many responsibilities lawyer and detectives have, but they also are shown scenarios where being a…