Sexual assault

“Bathroom Bills” and Sexual Assault: Unfounded Fears Transgender woman Michelle Martinez faces up to seventy years in prison after sexually assaulting a young girl in a bathroom. This shocking crime in 2017 confirmed the fears of those who want to keep transgender women out of women’s restrooms. Just one year earlier, the North Carolina House passed a bill which prohibited individuals from using restrooms and changing rooms that did not correspond to the sex on their birth certificates. This…

Sexual assault has proliferated across college campuses, and remains one of the most underreported violent type crimes in the country. The lifestyle college brings of staying up late, drinking, partying, going out to the bars and fraternizing with young men expose women to a higher risk of encountering unwanted sexual conduct. Statistics show that as many as one in every five females to attend college will experience some type of sexual assault in their academic career. Typically the only sexual…

consent when two people are engaging in sexual activity. If one partner says, “no” any other sexual advances would be considered sexual assault. But what would be considered as consent when it is not always so clear? What if one partner doesn’t say, “No” but gives no validation in wanting to participant in sex. As a way to define what would be considered to be consent, California legislators proposed in Senate Bill No.967 regarding the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. The bill…

Sexual Assault on Campus: Routine Activities Theory and Social Learning Theory Over the past two decades, sexual assaults against females occurring at universities have become more common, particularly those committed by fraternity members (Boeringer, Shehan, & Akers, 1991). It has been estimated that 20 to 25% of females at university have been a victim of sexual assault (Koss, 1985), and a study conducted in the United States estimates that females at a university which contains 10,000 female…

Sexual assault on college campuses has always been a problem. Just recently it has become more publicized due to the growth of the internet and media. This problem is difficult for universities to solve due to the following challenges. The largest challenge that colleges cannot solve is the condensed living facilities. Thousands of students are confined to a small area and can run into each other at any time during the day. Another challenge is that if an assault does happen, there is no…

this essay is to discuss the issue of sexual assault in the military. Sexual assault remains a persistent problem in the military, with more than 20,000 active duty service members experiencing unwanted sexual contact in 2014, and sexual assaults even occurring in combat environments. The estimations of sexual assaults that occur during military service range from 9.5 % to 43 % among women and 1 to 12 % among men. In the most recent survey of sexual assault in the military, 4.9 % of active duty…

Summary With the increase of sexual assault occurring on college campuses across the United States, researchers Stiffin, Phillips, Weldon, and Feld set out to assess Lebanon Valley College, a small, liberal arts campus, and gauge the school’s level of readiness to establish a sexual assault prevention program on campus. In order to help a campus address its issue of sexual assault, it is best to establish the campus’ overall level of awareness. To grade the responses of the survey, the…

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…

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…

Kathrine runs a support group for survivors of sexual assault. Her group consist of 5 women with different stories on why they are part of the group, but have a commonality of being sexually abused. The transcript doesn’t entail any information on Kathrine’s expertise, but we can clearly see that the ladies attending the group look for her for answers. As seen by Barbara asking Katherine for acknowledgment when sharing her frustration towards men. When Kathrine speaks, she speaks with control of…