Sexual assault

There is something inside every human being that pushes us to empathize. Whether to use it to our own advantage or to just lend a helping hand, human will always need other humans. When it comes to victims of sexual assault, I realized my response time was faster when coming to their aid or defense. Crimes of absolute injustice where the sentencing rates are zero to none because victim shaming was easier than the paperwork and investigation that went into convicting the assailant. Yet it was…

never come with the risk of being sexually assaulted. Sexual assaults on college campuses is a growing problem, but can easily be fixed by schools themselves taking a stand. When choosing a college, many people believe a low sexual assault crime percentage in a school reflects pro-activeness; instead, it could more likely reflect that a campus is not doing enough to prevent sexual assaults (Domitrz). Less than five percent of these violent assaults are committed by male, college students on…

In Mark Thompson’s article, “Military Sexual Assault Victims Discharged After Filing Complaints,” he makes the point that victims in the military of sexual assault are getting discharged a couple of months after they file a complaint. Thompson gives an example of this in the beginning of the article when he talks about a woman named Emily Vorland. She was discharged from the Army after being sexually harassed after filing a complaint while she was deployed in Iraq. Vorland was discharged…

Whatever the masses would like to say about it, the basic terminology is sexual assault or gender-based violence. There has been debate on the type of policies that should be in place for combating sexual assault on college campuses. Every college campus has different sexual assault policies; however, Minnesota, New York and California have many policies for all their colleges. The main issue with policy surrounding sexual assault is no one wants to talk about it because it is very…

Effects of Sexual Assault According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), on average, 293,066 victims are sexually assault or raped. So every 107 seconds another American is sexually assaulted. Summer has the highest rate of rape then the winter and fall, (Rainn). Any one at any age can be sexually assaulted. Sexual violence causes serious health issues. It also has long term effects on the victims mentally and physically. A major problem with sexual…

Article 2: The article “The role of institutional factors on on-campus reported rape prevalence” written by Stotzer & MacCartney examines the factors influencing levels of sexual assault at university and college campuses (2015). The authors argue that levels of sexual assault are linked to the presence of motivated offenders, specifically men in fraternities or on athletic teams. They also provide enough evidence relation to available victims, which includes the amount of women on campus and…

handle sexual assault cases that involved the university’s student athletes. The story described that six unidentified female accusers had come together to form a lawsuit against the University of Tennessee, to try to combat the wrongdoings of the university in these situations, stating that the school had fostered a “hostile sexual environment and culture” in relation to a number of incidents highlighted by these complainants. In support of their argument, the lawsuit also referenced a sexual…

one of the primary facilitators for the sexual violence education presentation named “Bear Pact” for the class of 2019. I had the necessary education to speak on the topic with passion and devotion, having spent the past two and a half years as a member of the University Health Services Sexual Health Education Program (SHEP). I had even personally helped edit the forty-minute presentation to create a sex positive comprehensive discussion on sexual assault on college campuses. But, those years of…

every year (Gaiman). Only 30% of sexual assault cases are reported (“Facts and Statistics”). Sexual assault can be detrimental to anybody’s mental, physical, and emotional stability. Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is forcing undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester. The motive is rarely sexual; it is intended to…

Domestic violence and sexual assault has been an issue in most relationships either same-sex or opposite sex and most of the time the victim does not report the case to the police or any other authorities due to fear of retaliation, stigma, cultural beliefs, economic dependency and also privacy of the family. Statistics shows that, “In western countries it is estimated that about 25% of women experience intimate partner violence over their lifetime” (2004, Gracia). According to the department…