Rape

Spousal Rape: Should Husbands Be Sentenced More Severely? “Her friends used to tell her it wasn’t rape, IF the man was her husband. She didn’t say anything, but inside she seethed; she wanted to take a knife to their faces” (Batacan). When we hear the word rape, many times we believe that the act was carried out by someone who is a stranger or has no relation to the victim. However, out of all the rape cases reported between the years of 2005-2010, 34% of them are committed by an intimate…

Depending on their ages, however, getting intimate with a partner in the state of Kansas may be considered a criminal offense. Being convicted of statutory rape can carry severe penalties, which may have life-changing implications. According to a recent Kansas City Star report, a 36-year-old Independence man was charged with statutory rape and statutory sodomy as a result of his relationship with a 14-year-old girl. The pair had sexual contact on multiple occasions between 2009 and 2011. The…

Canadian rape laws have been extremely problematic in the past; they reflected the fact that the criminal justice system was more concerned with the victim’s credibility than with the perpetrator’s innocence or guilt. One’s husband or wife could not be accused of rape, as they were protected under spousal immunity. The victim’s sexual history was often examined and used to, in essence, blame them for the crimes committed against them and strip them of their dignity in court. Bill C-127 was…

As defined by Dictionary.com, rape is an action of unlawful sexual intercourse without the consent of the victim. It’s 2017 and today rape seems like just another crime that takes place every day; for example, a thief robbing a store or someone’s car getting broken into. Most of us tend to show sympathy when we hear about a rape case, but that’s all we do. We can’t prevent what has already been done to the victim. How can we do something when even the word “No” seems like a yes to the…

the claims that Fraternity men are three times more likely to commit rape than a man who is not Greek. The rate of sexual assault among sorority women is at least 40%, an all time high, and over four times the average rate of 7% for non sorority women.…

chapter eight, the opening paragraph began by speaking on the taboo subject of sexual assault. Rape is a sexual invasion of the body by force, an incursion into the private, personal inner space without consent. It gave an alarming statistic stating that 50 to 90 percent of all rapes or attempted rapes go unreported and in most instances of incest and molestation are never reported. Date rapes and stranger rapes are not reported out of shame, humiliation, guilt, cultural taboos, and the fear of…

Appendix 2 is an example of another poster from a campaign about rape, but it differs from appendix one as it stands with a more feminist view point. The poster is very much on the side of the victim and recognising them as such, rather than blaming them for being raped. The text is incredibly important as it is reassuring the victim that they are not to blame, that they did not deserve to be raped, and that they will be believed if they chose to confide in others. Intersectionality can be…

prosecutors before her trial. She testified against her then husband, Paul Bernardo, in exchange for a 12-year prison sentence ("Homolka's Plea Bargain Revealed”). Little did Crown officials know that she was just as involved as her husband in the rapes and murders of two school girls ("The Karla Homolka Files: A U.S. Perspective on Karla Homolka’s Plea Bargain”). Now Karla is remarried and has three children ("Karla Homolka Lives in Guadeloupe And Has Three Children, New Book Reveals”). She…

The Influence of Rape Culture “Why couldn’t you just keep your legs closed?” Why couldn’t you just “push your bottom into the sink to avoid penetration?” Those were the questions that were asked by Canadian Judge Robin Camp, who is now being 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…

more likely to raped by a fellow soldier, than killed in enemy fire. Rape in the United States in so unacceptably common that it should be considered and epidemic. According to the National Institute of Justice, One in six women is raped or sexually assaulted in her lifetime. In the military this condition is far worse. Rape is almost twice as frequent as…