Analysis Of Lebacqz's View Of Vulnerabilityness

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What is the worth human life in today’s world? Who determines whose dignity is stripped away and whose is kept? At this very moment in which you are reading this, the vulnerability of women and men are being violated. To make this matter worse, today’s society has thrown their moral compass out of the window. This is said in the sense that we tend to engage in victim-blaming and give a “free pass” to the perpetrators. This essay will present astonishing facts pertaining to sexual assault, discuss Lebacqz’s view of vulnerability and sexuality, and link this view to Lady Gaga’s Til It Happens To You. According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), as mentioned by Alice Sebold, decorated author and
Sex was meant to be pure and good just as everything God created. However, this was corrupted by the fall of mankind. Therein the first man and woman realized they were naked, different, and a power struggle began. Lebacqz is of the firm belief that we should strive for appropriate vulnerability in our sexual relationships. Sexual assault goes against this belief. Lebacqz states that, “any exercise of sexuality that violates appropriate vulnerability is wrong” (437). Rape is not limited to any particular race, age, gender, or sexual orientation. Sexual assault does not only harm the physical aspect of the individual, exposing them to sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy, but it also destroys them
Reward is said in the sense that a blind eye is turned and they are allowed to continue to attend school, elaborate coverups are conducted, A victim in the film stated that 98% of all rapists will never spend a night in jail. This is absolutely appalling! Upon seeing Gaga’s performance with the rape survivors, Vice President, Joe Bidden chimed in vowing to use his authority to help survivors find justice. Bidden stated, “We must and we can change the culture so that no abused woman or man, like the survivors you will see tonight, ever feel they have to ask themselves, ‘What did I do?’ They did nothing wrong.” Lady Gaga’s song aims to change the minds and culture of society and offer healing for

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