Rape

One of the debates that emerged from the brutal and vastly covered in media, The Delhi Gang Rape (2012), was if Bollywood promoted rape culture through its item numbers critiquing the male gaze on women’s bodies and questioning whether the hyper-sexualization of Bollywood’s actresses served to normalize sexual harassment. The new trend being, the asexual, good Indian girl (who ultimately is coveted by the hero) constructed against the sexualized item-girl and one instantly thinks of the…

Rape and Sexual Assault on College Campuses: the Factors that Lead to this Growing Social Problem and how we as a Society Combat Against it Introduction Emma Sulkowicz, a senior at Columbia University, carried her mattress around her campus, from class to class, all of last year as a form of protest against her rapist who was not expelled from school, reported by Time Magazine. This story made news all across the country, leaving many wondering how this could possibly happen, and why it…

a phrase, but it is also an action that violates someone. It is also the cause for many campaigns to be created, so people can be informed and be aware of the problem. The big problem is a society called “rape culture,” which have a bad influence on people who use social media of any kind. A rape culture can be anything from a sex joke to pornographic videos (“Women’s Center”). North Carolina is a small state compare to the whole United States, but the statistic of sexual assault is not low. The…

The problem with America’s rape culture is that we believe that there isn’t one. Where in fact, 1 out of every 5 women in America has been a victim of rape or sexual assault as of 2015. We live in a country where the accusations of the victim are often considered false, made up in order to receive money and attention. Where the attacker is deemed an innocent man, free to roam the streets looking for his next victim; meanwhile, the one before is corrupted beyond repair, nearly as much as American…

Sexual assault and rape in the United States of America is reaching new epidemic levels and nothing is being done to stop it. Rape kits sit untested and collecting dust all over the United States and it is estimated that the numbers have reached hundreds of thousands. In places like New York City for example, the backlog of untested rape kits by 2003 had reached 17,000. In order to reduce this epidemic, the country must implement harsher punishments and prioritize educational classes earlier…

feel different and can’t understand why. In today society rape is higher than you could every imaging because of this Rohypnol is known as a date rape drug. This not only happen to women but it also happen to man as well so man do not be so naive when sitting your drinks down. Anybody can become a victim to date rape drugs no matter if you are a women or a man. When someone is trying to commit a date rape crime they always lean on the date rape drug rohypnol. When we first here the word date we…

Rape Culture on Campus I have chosen to write my essay on sexual assault on college campuses in the United States. This is an issue that affects a specific group of people; a large percentage of men and women are attacked every year on college campuses, having countless negative effects on the education and overall lives of these victims. It is a very serious issue that needs to be addressed nationwide in order to prevent further sexual assaults. This is an issue that can be studied from several…

the seriousness of rape and how life-altering it may be. There has been many films, websites, and works of literature that are revealing the truth about rape to the world and letting it know it is vital to take a hold of the acts of sexual assault and do something about it. One of the works of literature by Joyce Carol Oates can be used as an example. Through the character Marianne Mulvaney’s tragedy in the novel We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates reveals the effects of rape on its victims…

Yes, Peeta committed rape. In order for there to be a crime two elements must be satisfied, actus reas and mens rea. The mental intent was satisfied when Peeta found out Katniss was dating someone else and went to confront her, then threatened to kill himself with a knife if she would not submit to sexual intercourse with him. It is reasonable to assume that a cool down period had elapsed and this was not done in the heat of passion. The guilty act of rape has three criteria that needs to be met…

1. Define the magnitude of sex crimes in America and the impact of underreporting of these crimes explaining the most likely reasons sex crimes will not be reported. Rape may be the most heinous of all crimes committed against a human being. The victim may feel that it is their own fault for being sexually assaulted and they may believe that they did something that lead the attacker to commit the offense. At times getting the victim to come forward with the information can be difficult,…