The Victim's Fault Essay

Sexual Assault is Never the Victim’s Fault

I could see the fear in her eye, and could feel the pain in her trembling hands. I could sense her discomfort when she talked about the night. I had never known, and never would have guessed, that something happened to her at a party with kids I knew from my school. She told me first. She only told me. She spoke to me about how she can not be in a room with a stranger, or how she feels that part of her died that night. She explained that hugs didn’t feel good anymore, they felt intrusive. She explained that she won’t stay in a room with a male teacher if the other students leave. Every part of her life, she explained, has been changed. She wasn’t the same girl anymore, and she blamed herself

I would no longer wait for the issue of sexual assault to approach me. I would educate myself about it. I was going to help. I didn’t want to see anyone else have to feel the way my friend did. I joined the Sexual Assault Response Team, and began to fight back. The issue of sexual assault needs to be addressed openly so that everyone changes their current paradigms, or perspectives. People that believe that sexual assault can be prevented, is the victim’s responsibility, or is just miscommunication, are allowing perpetrators too much freedom. Sexual assault is always the perpetrators decision, thus never being the victim’s responsibility, or decision. This is a simple concept, but let me show you how presently we are not acting this

The girls at parties today, know of the risk that is involved and believe they have the knowledge they need to avoid the situation. They believe that they can prevent being sexually assaulted. But, can they really prevent being sexually targeted with today’s perpetrators? Do they know how to avoid every way that it can happen, every night, every minute, and every second of every day? Do they know that they are not only at risk at a party?

Date rape drugs are one of the most steadily increasing illegal drugs. They are relatively easy and cheap to create in a home. In most cases, these drugs are used on the college campuses. On college campuses, rape drugs are becoming more and more disguised. Cases have been filed where a tip of a cigarette has had the drug dripped on it. Or, breath mints in liquid form or pill form have also tested positive for rape drugs. It can be on a piece of gum, in a drink, or on something you eat. Even if you watch someone open your drink for you, they still had the opportunity to put the drug in your drink with a sly technique of hide and slip. The means in which these drugs are concocted and used is disgraceful. They are dangerous chemicals that can cause a whole range of effects. These drugs can cause a drowsy, unconscious reaction as soon as 15 minutes after consumption, or up to two hours