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    easily fit this description. A study done by Rachel Lev-Wiesel, author of Male University Students’ Attitudes Towards Rape and Rapists, states that “10.3% of university males self-reported some likelihood that they would commit rape if they were assured they would not be caught or punished. 60% of men admitted being sexually aroused by rape scenes and 30% admitted to being capable of rape (Lev-Wiesel, 201)”. Her study indicated that in a random sample of female college students 41% reported…

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    numbing of emotions that have to do with the events, etc. Because rape is something that a human does not normally experience in life it is an abnormal traumatic experience for women. PTSD is a emotional condition so everyone reacts differently to it and certain people are able to make a full recovery faster or better then others. PTSD affects many people all over the world who have been subjected to traumatic events such as war, rape, accidents, domestic violence, natural disasters, child…

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    Gendercide Of Women

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    victims of abuse, negligence, and murder, simply because they are girls. Similarly, to genocide where a specific group is deliberately exterminated, gendercide is a sex-selective killing where men or women are victims disproportionately (Carpenter). The war against women in India goes back centuries with the deeply rooted, sexist cultural dynamics as well as the ineffective and unfair government policies that have led to the increase rates of gendercide. Girls become victims of female…

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    Consequently, male victims face a loss of masculinity and sexual orientation as a result of being taken advantage of by another man or woman. Furthermore, male victims often hide their victimization of sexual assault, such as rape due to the feelings of shame and fear of being labeled as a homosexual, which could lead to harassment and discharged for being dishonorable for crimes committed against them (Turchik, pg.…

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    Feminism From 1970 and 1980 To Now The people and events from the 1970’s and 1980’s have greatly influenced feminism today. During this time period women reemerged as more rebellious to traditional female roles. Feminism is “The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.” (Watson 2015). The second wave of Feminism was during this time period. Feminism used different forms of media and…

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    child soldiers need rehabilitation,one reason being PTSD, this is a psychological disorder that affects the mind after seeing traumatic things, for example if a soldier were to see war for 5-10 years. For example, some kids were forced to kill their families.Drugs played another role in gaining children's trust during the war, high powers/older soldiers would give the kids drugs and tell them it gives them power. Some kids even had addictions to kill, can you imagine your 10 year old wanting to…

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    During World War II, about 200,000 women from Korea were forced to be sex slaves for Japanese soldiers. I chose this topic because I feel many people do not know these brute facts about Korean women. These Korean women that were tortured physically and physiologically deserve for their story to be told and to be known. Comfort women were derived in order to supply comfort to the Japanese military men. South Korean women were taken to Japanese military stations also called comfort stations in…

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    has made its way to the number one spot on Amazon's bestseller list. "Steps to Heaven" is the first book in the "Sgt Major Crane" series by Wendy Cartmell. Sergeant Major Crane thought he had seen every crime that had ever been committed (either in war time or peace time), but case comes to him that he is not prepared for. It is a case of a veteran of Afghanistan has murdered his six year old son and wife and then killed himself. Crane works with two other police departments in two different…

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    threatining or ntraumatic event, there nervous system responds by triggering the fight, flight, or freeze response. PTSD can develop following any event that makes you fear for your safty. Some traumatic event that can cause PTSD are, war, rape, kid napping, childhood neglect, and sudden death of a loved one. After danger passes the body usally returns to normal. PTSD can develop diffrently from person to person because everyonse nervous system and tolerance for stress is a little…

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    higher level officers and fellow soldiers. Furthermore, the violent nature of men in the army, and the dislike of women leads to severe exploitation of women during wars. Approximately, “one-third of the women in the military have reported a rape or attempted rape” in 2003, but the numbers are much higher today due to the fact that female rape victims in the military are increasing (Hoppen). This point opposes the misconception that women are safe at work in the modern world since the…

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