The Victim

Although so much has changed and improved in rape culture, there is still so much growing that still needs to occur. Far too often, the victim blames his or herself. Regardless of the amount of clothing they were wearing, or if they were voluntarily on a date with the person, or if they were drunk, it is never the victim’s fault. This was very hard for me to understand, and over the past two years, my mind has been flooded with many contradictory thoughts. Was I raped? Of course not. You…

Bullying is a very tough discussion. We all have dealt with bullying in some way, either we were the bully, victim, or bystanders who watch the bulling take place. In Barbra Coloroso ted video she states that bullying is not a conflict, conflicts are normal natural and necessary. Bullying is none of that. Bullying is a conscious deliberate hostile activity intended to harm a person to seek entertainment from another human being pain. For instants bullying relates to the agents of socialization…

the young boy. Also keep in mind ,we know he is still a vulnerable child ( if he’s still riding a rocking horse ,then he’s presumably within the ages of seven to ten).Then finally an ultimatum and explanation as to whether he should have been the victim of the family curse. My answer was yes, he should’ve, not to be harsh, but he was given a chance to clean himself up and change his life but he chose…

Bullying. One word sadly often heard in the news nowadays. Unfortunately, it is a phenomenon that has become usual in our everyday lives. This word has a negative overtone and has resulted in so many victims throughout the years. Who has never been a witness to bullying? Who has never been bullied? Who has never bullied someone in some way? Not many people would be able to answer to these questions. The fact is that there are so many types of bullying that almost everyone has taken part in, at…

FOX NEWS message is mainly to encourage victims to stand up for themselves and put a stop to this crucial epidemic. In Nude photo-sharing scandal at Marines expands to other branches, an online article written by Jennifer Griffin, provides the viewers with a women who experienced this sandal personally…

On January 18th, 1991, in downtown Los Angeles, there were a shooting drive-by killing and a 16-year-old Francisco Carrillo was accused of being the murderer of killing the 41-year-old Donald Sarpy. Twenty years later, Carrillo was released due to the withdrawal of five out of six witnesses in the retrial (Daily Mail Reporter, 2011). The victim’s son, who is also one of the six witnesses, revealed that he could not detect definitely whether the individual in the car was Carrillo or not since…

Catherine Tran Writ 340 Professor Murray Aborted Girls, Wanted Brides Cultural preference for boys in parts of India results in some of the largest imbalances between males and females in the world. This leads to sex-selective abortions and infanticide of girls, while boys are prized because they are believed to mature as leaders of the world and household, as they pass on the family name and traditions. This perpetuates the ongoing role of patriarchy and the customary belief that men are…

I also hope that my future education will help me help the police, judges, and lawyers put the right people behind bars making sure that the person behind bars is truly the perpetrator of the crime and not an innocent victim of accusation themselves. By taking courses that are necessary for attaining a major in Psychology, a minor in Sociology and a Certificate in Criminology, I hope I will be able to gain the knowledge necessary to help interpret the motivation behind…

Ondaatje’s prevalent use of the skeleton imagery symbolizes the deaths of common people. Even though the Tamils and Sinhalese may have different ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds, they are all human beings who are killing each other. While they may have different tenets and ideologies that make up their identities, they all share a country, they all breath the same air and they all are made up of a skeleton. The skeleton that receives the most attention throughout the novel is Sailor;…

The spectacle of human trafficking is one of the most serious challenges facing the international community today mainly because it represents a host of problems in areas including organized crime, migration, security, prostitution, health, and labor. Nonetheless, with the increasing processes of international migration, globalization, and development of new communication/information technologies, human trafficking has continued to increase significantly across the globe. Practices that existed…