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In the country that we Americans live in today, every two minutes someone in the U.S is being sexually abused. (Rape Crisis Center)Rape occurs to both genders ,all ages and every race. Slightly ten percent of rape that occurs in the U.S are male victims. (Rape Crisis Center) On the website , Rape Crisis Center it states ,” 2.8% are white males, 3.3% are African Americans males and 4.4% are of mixed race.” Wistfully the percentage of women being sexually assaulted is far greater than of men.17.7% of white women are raped long with 18.8% of African American women and 24.4% of mixed women. (Rape Crisis Center)Additionally, rape is most common from the age 30 and under ,but is highest from the ages 12 to 34 years.(Rape Crisis Center) Under the law today rape is considered using unlawful force against a person, force to likely cause death or horrible bodily harm; threatening or placing a person in fear ; abusive sexual contact. (CULS)
Throughout time in the U.S the word rape has been revised to fit the standards of every gender , age and situation.Under the law, during the 1960s the definition of rape was when a man committed sexual abuse towards his wife.(K.Dean) This excluded gender, age, sickness (mental and physical) and sexual presentation. Then later perfected in the 1970s. The 1970s is actually the time when the first rape crisis center was established to treat victims of sexual assault in San Francisco and Washington D.C.(K.Dean) This generation included the first anti-rape movement and the passing of hundreds of laws to defend the victims of sexual abuse.(K.Dean) Although this movement was to help the conditions of sexual assault victims, rape still continued to be reported by thousands. During the year ...

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...ng to ease the victims from the trauma they suffered. These centers can help the victims with : anxiety,fear,anger,loathe,eating disorders and self harm (due to being frustrated from oneself). These recovery centers will be able to show their patients how to regain trust and live life willingly.

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Cornell University Law School. Legal Information Institute. 1992. Web. 28 Jan 2014.

Kilpatrick G. Dean. Rape and Sexual Assault. National Violence Against Women

Prevention Research Center. Copyright. 2000. WEB. 9 Feb. 2014

Kovalick Stephanie. Significance Magazine. Blackwell. Publishing. ND. Web. 14 Feb. 2014

Rape Crisis Center of Media and Summit Counties. WhiteSpace Creative, Create Afon.

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