War rape

“You tell me ‘it gets better, it gets better, in time’. You say I 'll pull myself together, pull it together, ‘You’ll be fine”. (Gaga) Recently Lady Gaga has released a song called Till It Happens to You. Gaga creates a whole scenery of an on campus sexual assault on the music video. To prove that there is an epidemic of on campus sexual assault. Sexual assault is the sexual contact or behavior that happens without another’s consent. Sexual assault is usually not the first outcome a parent would…

acquaintances; 63% admitted to committing about six rapes each. How can something so morally incorrect and just plain inhumane, such as sexual assault on campus, start becoming a rising problem, then why do we…

most important aspect of one’s sexual relations. One peer noted that, at times, individuals find that it is easier to ‘consent’ to sex instead of rejecting a partner, even if they want to say no. Seemingly, society perpetuates this idea and promotes rape culture (Heider). Therefore, it becomes everyone’s responsibility to solve this inconsistency and help individuals understand…

Who would have thought to use Social Media along with Photography to be major tools of an awareness campaign? The image above is example of what is “Project Unbreakable”. This particular picture talks about epidemic Child Sexual Abuse. Project Unbreakable lies within a sub genre of awareness campaigns. In this particular analysis I am going to argue that “Project Unbreakable” is able to increase awareness about Child Sexual Abuse through social media and photography, and is successful in making…

Introduction In many countries, prostitution is illegal. Even in the U.S, which is such an advanced country, prostitution is only legal in eleven counties in Nevada. However, the Final Report on the Evaluation of the First Offender Prostitution Program, prepared by Michael Shively, et al., shows that fifteen to twenty percent of men in the U.S have engaged in commercial sex at least one time (10). According to the United States Census in 2010, there are 151,781,326 males in the U.S, so…

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…

Question 4: Define “hearsay”. Provide an example and explain why it meets the definition of hearsay. Answer: Hearsay can be defined as one person giving a testimony about statements another person had said (Gardner & Anderson, 2016). There are three components of the hearsay rule, requiring that the statements are either oral, written down, or given with self-confidence, the declarant makes the statement outside of court, and motions that statements are truthful about the event in question…

America the Free Home of the: Stigma Why has the stigma of rape victims not changed in modern society? According to the Encyclopedia of Rape, “rape has always been a part of human culture” (Smith IX). Rape is defined as the unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim or to seize, take, and carry off by force. Even though…

Rationalization of Rape Culture Why do many women feel unsafe alone with men? Perhaps it is because over 85% of violent crimes in the U.S. are committed by men. Or because 99% of rape is committed by men (Katz 21). Decades of media and popular culture that encourage power and dominance as the traits of truly actualized men, and, conversely, submissiveness as the trait of women, have come with a price. Oftentimes, in cases of rape or abuse, the victim is blamed, and the male perpetrator 's…

1). The general approach, developed out of behavior modification, Cognitive Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. Some techniques used may be keeping a diary of significant events and associated feelings, thoughts and behaviors and beliefs that might be unhelpful and unrealistic. Relaxation and distraction techniques are also used in CBT to help try to modify the way sex offenders think and modify their behavior. An example of how CBT is applied this particular group is by a relaxation…