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    are various crimes in the United States which are seen as more detrimental than others. Sex crimes are dealt with serious punishments even if the crime is not seen as “serious” like urinating in public. A sex crime can be defined as an illegal sexual act committed by an offender towards a victim. Sex crimes varies from sex trafficking, public indecency, pedophilia, bestiality, rape, and many other categories. If convicted of any type of sex crime the offender will be labeled as a sex offender…

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    One of the negatives of social media would be all the cyber crime all over the world and this is caused by social media from juvenile sex crimes to people posing as one person online then in reality they are another in real life there is also the factor…

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    Marital Rape In America

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    exemption of marital rape. In the contemporary United States, marital rape has been recognized as a crime by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. However, there still exist some…

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    Victims Counselor in the event of assault, allows victims to decide whether they would prefer their cases prosecuted in military or civilian courts, and prevents commanders from overturning sex crimes convictions. While these reforms were meant to increase victims’ autonomy, appreciation, and status when a sex crime is reported, survivor advocacy groups assert that these reforms do not go fare enough. Therefore there is disaffiliation between these groups and some senators that would seek to…

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    sexual assault while at college. An average of 21 percent of female undergraduates at the unnamed colleges and universities told researchers they have been assaulted since starting their higher education (Kingkade). Rape is the most underreported crime throughout the United States, which estimates 63 percent of sexual assaults are never reported to the police. The Huffington Post reported in 2014,…

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    ignorance, disparagement, normalization and comedic trivialization of sexual violence by society. Perhaps stemming from a history of patriarchal dominance as well as anti-feministic and misogynistic view of women as instruments of pleasure for the opposite sex. Unfortunately, this stagnancy in the curtailment or even eradication of this culture can be explained via the fundamental theory of system justification. This theory refers to the tendency of humans to unconsciously or unconsciously…

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    questions regarding of those people who are not only aware of rape but would like to end men’s violence against woman. Do we live in a rape culture, or is rape perpetuated by a relatively small number of predatory men? Is rape a clearly definable crime, or are there gray areas in sexual encounters that defy easy categorization as either consensual or non-consensual? Furthermore, Jensen explained the answer of this two questions which is Patriarchy meaning that men has the power over woman. The…

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    Sexual assault is a violent crime that is rarely reported by the victim for varies reasons, one being the stigmatization that comes with it. Many victims of sexual assault in our society are seen as asking for it, or as being the one to blame for it occurring. In recent years there has been more talk about military rape, and sexual harassment toward female military personnel. Do to the underreporting of sexual assault, and harassment the exact number of victim is unknown. As Bostock et al.…

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    Iconis of New York, rape myths are a set of specific attitudes and beliefs that may contribute to ongoing sexual violence by shifting blame for sexual assault from perpetrators to victims (Iconis, 2008). In secondary schooling, basic information on sex and sexuality is either not being taught adequately or not effectively.…

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    apply to other schools (Anderson 1). Even worse, Occidental College punished a student convicted of two separate counts of rape and assault by making him write a book report (Engel 1). Rape deserves more respect than a book report. It is a federal crime and it should be treated as such. Rapists serve at least months in prison in the real world, so why should a student get a free pass? For schools to have such lackadaisical reprimands, it shows victims…

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