Spousal rape

society, 1 out of 3 women deal with the issue of rape and are facing double-standards surrounding victim blaming. In contrast to men, women often blamed for being in the wrong locations, wearing the wrong type of clothing, being around alcohol or drugs. Experts might say that the trend of blaming and victimizing women for crimes committed against them represents the overall issues of hatred towards the female gender in the United States. The offense of rape has been denied in our society over…

sexual assault is prevalent, African American women may somehow be at increased risk for sexual assault.(Kilpatrick, Resnick, Ruggiero, Conoscenti, and Cauley, 2007) However, in the study, African American women reported higher of a lifetime forcible rape than any ethnicity. Even though African American women are at risk of poverty and sexual assault they do not have concrete evidence that the women are suicidal after experiencing abuse. Suicidal thoughts wasn’t a concern but depression was,…

In looking at legal realism in “Boys Don’t Cry”, one finds it clearly in the scene with Sheriff Laux interrogating Brandon on his assault and rape. Legal realism being defined by Lippman as legal decisions are affected by prevailing social interests and public policy essentially, someone’s own beliefs and prejudices affect the legal decisions they make. (Lippman, 2015) Sheriff Laux clearly…

Rational Choice Theory generally is not compared with violent crimes. In the case of rape I feel that Rational Choice Theory is the best theory to explain why people do it. The UCLA Women’s Law Journal says that “The United States has the world’s second highest rate of reported rape. About sixteen to eighteen percent of American women and one to three percent of American men have experienced an attempted or completed rape” (Rhode). It is hard to believe that someone who thinks rationally could…

Who would actually want to legalize prostitution? It’s an invitation of sexually transmitted diseases, illegal drugs, and violence all at your door step! Now imagine your family waking up at any hour in the day and seeing an individual leaned over a car and shortly afterwards get in just to return and complete the cycle repetitiously. Or perhaps someone approaching you seeking money for drugs. Wild enough yet? How about your spouse infecting you with a sexually transmitted disease that you know…

While reading through Candide, we encounter several themes. Some of the themes that are present are: optimism, hypocrisy of religion, and the corrupting power of money. One major theme is the negative treatment of women and the ever-present rape culture. The views of characters in Candide may have varied, but it stayed relatively consistent that “raping” someone would automatically result in your peers thinking more highly of you. The Old Woman spoken about in Chapter 11 states, “No sooner…

Post-traumatic stress disorder, more commonly known as PTSD, is a body’s response to an abnormal experience. It results from being exposed to a stressful or overwhelming event or series of events (Schiraldi, 2000). Anybody can be diagnosed with this disorder. It does not matter about their educational status, race, sex or previous psychiatric illness (Matsakis, 1994). In this essay, I will go over the causes and results of post-traumatic stress disorder, and then I will cover some ways for…

The article states that Harvard is putting many efforts into providing these protections against rape culture there are some specific examples. Schools can push a zero tolerance policy in which they discuss with the students what this policy entails such as the schools expectations of the student’s behaviors while they go to this school and clear descriptions…

moved to Los Angeles because her mom wanted to be famous. In order to make money, her mom would rent out several room. The rooms were rented out to mostly male individuals. She told the class that some of the individuals they rented rooms to would rape her. She told her mom what was…

“The Risk of Rape” discusses the existence of rape on college campuses, and how the so called “ivory tower” is not as great as it seems. It mentions two opposing views: that the rape “epidemic is not real”, and that a large amount of rapes are committed against women attending college, and this is a problem that needs to be looked at. In order to see which side of the coin is right, this chapter covers studies done on college campuses. They look at how the social life of most college students…