Types of rape

effecting millions of people world wide. According to Angela Rose at PAVE, “In the United States 1 out of 33 males have been victims of attempted or completed rape” (Rose). Also, stated by Angela Rose at PAVE “1 out of 6 American women have been victims of completed rape.”(Rose). The United States Department of Justice says, “Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are…

Preventive Measures for Rape/Date Rape For the first few weeks when people start college, all students hear are that they need to go to class and attend a date rape seminar. Not many students will take the time to actually go to one of those seminars to listen to people’s testimonials or the facts surrounding rape. Today, thanks to social media, the public does not even know what is legally considered rape. In today’s society, most victims blame themselves for getting raped. They question…

all just accept the fact he was afraid. Nobody would blame him, so why blame a woman when she is raped. Peoples apparent belief that there are two equal sides to every rape, that the rapist and the victim both have valid points is the reason why 68% of sexual assaults are not reported. These people that believe this are wrong. Rape is not a two sided story. The rapist is at fault, not the…

Rape Culture: The Epidemic She was Twenty-four, the world around her seemed grand and full of potential. She had a boyfriend she believed she could trust. She would soon discover that trusting him was going to be her biggest mistake. On an early afternoon at her home they were in the bed they shared. She rose from the left side of the bed and she felt his right hand grab her right arm. A minor argument ensued because he was upset at her answer telling him she did not want to have sex. He let go…

college? Workload? Grades? Career? What about rape? Growing numbers of students are being assaulted on their own campuses and many question if colleges are doing enough to deter these attacks and help victims. Schools have responded to these criticisms by implementing educational programs and workshops to further students’ understanding of rape and consent. But those classes can be flawed and do not address the faulty administrative procedure for handling rape, its victims, and its offenders.…

colleges. Another known fact is that the victim often knows the perpetrator who commits these sexual acts against them. Yet, the victim does not report most of these sexual acts to the proper authorities, as they might not know what a sexual assault or rape is themselves (Karjane, Fisher and Cullen, 98). In the same document, it also says that the schools…

popular sources, people fail to use the knowledge and truth about date rape; instead they use ignorance and stay quiet. This topic should have way more attention then what it is getting at the moment. It is a topic that should be brought up more in order to teach and explain to younger generations throughout time. What is date rape? It is rape within a relationship or involving the person one may be with in a relationship. Rape is forcing someone to do something that they do not want to do in…

Date rape drugs are a type of opiate that causes temporary loss of memory or inhibition. An attacker gives them to the victim them discretely in order to harm them with sexual abuse. “About 25% of women report that drugs were a factor in their rape.” ("University of the Sciences in Philadelphia." Date Rape. N.p., 5 May 2014. Web. 01 Feb. 2016.) Date rape drugs are very dangerous, they have possible lethal effects, and should be avoided at all costs. Date rape drugs are commonly known as “club…

The rape and sexual assault numbers are going up daily, not only in America, but everywhere in the world. Today I will be pursuing you as to why I think that rapist and people who commit sexual assault should have longer, harder sentencings. I will try to persuade you by using facts about sexual assaults, educate you more about the sentencing that rapist get, and what we can do to change not only the sentencings, but also how we can help end all rape and sexual assault. What exactly is rape?…

1997 National Institute of Justice study referenced by Armstrong (2006), it was estimated that between one-fifth and one-quarter of women are victims of completed or attempted rape while in college (Fisher, Cullen and Turner 2000). Additionally, the startling statement is made that college women are at greater risk for rape and other forms of sexual assault than woman in the general population or in a comparable age group” (Armstrong 2006; Fisher et al. 2000:iii). Sexism runs rampant through our…