fault, and what happened to you, it doesn 't make you the monster.” If you were sexually assaulted, it is not your fault. Sexual assault and rape awareness is not emphasized as much as it should be on college campuses. Most students think, “That will never happen to me”. Those are the students that don’t protect themselves or take extra precaution. Recently a sexual assault and a rape has been dealt with accordingly at Bowling Green State University. “Falcon Football Player Suspended for Two Years”
Sexual assault occurs every day but we turn a blind eye. People are brutalized, victimized, and forced into intimate acts by their oppressors, sometimes for a prolonged period of time. Being a victim of sexual assault takes a toll on your life and even some who were assaulted take their own life because they can not deal with the pain they endured. Those who have been victimized usually are not comfortable discussing what happened to them and in most cases do not report these acts. Sexual assault
When looking at rape in today’s society, we have to look at sexism. “There is an average of 237,868 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year.” (RAINN) If you break those numbers down that means a sexual assault happens every two minutes in America. When it comes to rape, victims are almost helpless to defend themselves. 60% of sexual assaults go unreported and 97% of rapist will never spend a day in jail. (RAINN) So what exactly is a person to do if we don’t hold attackers accountable
A Call to Action: Decreasing the Number of Sexual Assaults in the United States Sexual assault is a continued and rising problem in our society and women especially, should learn ways to reduce their risks of becoming an assault victim. The number of sexual assault cases is increasing at an alarming rate, making people think twice about what they’re doing and with whom. “Sexual assault is both a consequence and reinforcement of the power disparity between men and women. It is a violent act of power
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
Rape is one of the most intimate crimes in the world. According to nolo.com legal encyclopedia rape in nonconsensual sexual intercourse that is forced upon someone that is not wanted. Statutory rape is when a person disregards the under 18 consent law and forcefully has sex with them. According to ular.edu there are many different types of rape such as anger, power, sadistic, stranger, acquaintance, and martial rapes. These different groups show that rape can happen to anyone at any time. The power-control
Turner thrusting his hips on top of her while he was using his phone with flash. It is clear his motivation was power rape. After being denied by her sister, Turner went to assault the victim while she was alone and under the influence. He was rejected and that frustrated him, wanting complete power and control over her sexuality and body. The mishandling of campus sexual assaults is present in this case when the attackers sentence was minimized to 3 months with good behavior. He is being watched
Rape – An Unwanted Sexual Violence Sexual violence, especially rape, is a major emerging health related issue in the United States of America. According to the NISVS survey conducted by the CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 20 percent of the women and 1.5 percent of the men (in the U.S.) have been involved in rape cases at some times in the past, while about 50 percent of the women and 20 percent of the men have been victims of sexual violence (other than rape) at some point
the “no” policy, by passing the “Yes means Yes” sexual assault prevention law. According to Kate Golden, Alex Morrell and Sara Jerving, from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, sexual assault and dating violence are public health concerns that impact both individual survivors and the larger campus as well. “The thing about a bed, is that we keep them in our bedroom, which is like our intimate space, our private space, that we can
to be an attacker. On the contrary, however, this isn’t precisely how it always happens.