Summary: Rhetorical Analysis Of The Film The Accused
March 15, 2013
Rhetorical Analysis of the film “The Accused”
"I would hope that when a woman goes into a physician, with a rape issue, that that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage, or was it truly caused by a rape." - Idaho Senator Chuck Winder (New Republic)
“Concern for rape victims is a red herring because conceptions from rape occur with approximately the same frequency as snowfall in Miami.” –Federal Judge James Leon Holmes (The Jewish Daily)
“The facts show that people who are raped — who are truly raped — the juices don 't flow, the body functions don 't work and they don 't get pregnant. Medical authorities agree that this is a rarity, if ever.” –Republican Rep. Henry Albridge (SFGate) …show more content…
Women must have complete control over their own bodies’ right? I mean they must if many of our leaders think so correct? No, the answer is no. I believe it is misplaced knowledge and stereotypes like these that perpetuate the stigma that some women are; “just asking for it”. 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. 17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape. 9 out of every 10 rape victims were female in 2003. In 2004-2005, 64,080 women were raped. According to medical reports, the incidence of pregnancy for one-time unprotected sexual intercourse is 5%. By applying the pregnancy rate to 64,080 women, it is estimated that there were about 3,204 pregnancies as a result of rape during that period. (Planned
Rhetorical Analysis of the film “The Accused”
"I would hope that when a woman goes into a physician, with a rape issue, that that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage, or was it truly caused by a rape." - Idaho Senator Chuck Winder (New Republic)
“Concern for rape victims is a red herring because conceptions from rape occur with approximately the same frequency as snowfall in Miami.” –Federal Judge James Leon Holmes (The Jewish Daily)
“The facts show that people who are raped — who are truly raped — the juices don 't flow, the body functions don 't work and they don 't get pregnant. Medical authorities agree that this is a rarity, if ever.” –Republican Rep. Henry Albridge (SFGate) …show more content…
Women must have complete control over their own bodies’ right? I mean they must if many of our leaders think so correct? No, the answer is no. I believe it is misplaced knowledge and stereotypes like these that perpetuate the stigma that some women are; “just asking for it”. 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. 17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape. 9 out of every 10 rape victims were female in 2003. In 2004-2005, 64,080 women were raped. According to medical reports, the incidence of pregnancy for one-time unprotected sexual intercourse is 5%. By applying the pregnancy rate to 64,080 women, it is estimated that there were about 3,204 pregnancies as a result of rape during that period. (Planned