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    Kimball's Rape

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    Kimball’s The Rape of Lucrece was divided into seven scenes with seven actors who delivered their lines to the sound of dripping bathwater‚ which created an acoustic effect echoing the opening scene. The Prologue lines‚ "How shines the morning silver-melting dew / Against the rising splendor of the sun" (Kimball n.p.)‚ which note happiness as fleeting in nature in Shakespeare’s poem. As well‚ Lucrece’s rape and the establishment of the Roman republic are highlighted by the characters in the Prologue

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    Celeste's Speeches

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    - San Diego 13 people drowned in one day What lifeguards do A lifeguard‚ whether it’s on the ocean‚ inland‚ or at a swimming pool‚ is the person in charge of the safety of everyone near or nearby. This can mean a lot of things: save drowning victims‚ provide first aid‚ protect the environment‚ enforce all laws‚ or just provide directions. To accomplish this‚ lifeguards need to have a lot of skills at their disposal. They‚ of course‚ need to be very accomplished swimmers. This means being physically

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    Rape and Men

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    "Before the rape I felt good. My life was in order. I was getting ready to get married. Afterward everything changed. I kind of lost who I was as a person… I asked him ‘Didn’t you have a wife or a girlfriend you could do this with?’ He said ‘I like this better. I like it better this way.’ " -Victim Testimony‚ Trial Transcript‚ People V. Eric Barnes‚ Kew Garden‚ New York‚ July 6‚ 1984. Rape is a physical attack‚ not sex. Rape crisis counselors and researchers define rape as an act of

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    Date Rape

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    these approximately 248‚000 victims‚ about 87‚000 were victims of completed rape‚ and 70‚000 were victims of sexual assault. Up to 4‚315 pregnancies may have resulted from these attacks. Calculations based on the (National Crime Victimization Survey). Rape is often misunderstood. For one reason rapist are usually portrayed as a stranger‚ his motivation is entirely sexual‚ and the victim is always a young and sexy female. The truth is not all rapes are the same. The victim doesn ’t have to be a young

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    The Real Rape

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    The Real Rape I will never forget when one of my very good friends told me about how her Uncle forced himself on her and raped her‚ and he continued to do so for 3 years until he passed away and she turned 11. She said it was a 3 year long nightmare and sadly‚ she is clearly traumatized by it. What was really shocking is that she revealed this tragedy to only a hand full of people‚ including me. Why didn’t she seek for help or go to the authorities. She explained how her own family members didn’t

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    Rape Community

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    Rape and Sexual Assault Community Rape and sexual assault can be traumatizing‚ as well as mentally and physically debilitating to those who have been subjected to these horrific crimes. So many victims go unheard or simply unreported due to fear and neglect. Proper justice is often not served because programs provide insufficient services or lack proper knowledge on successfully guiding and counseling victims. The number of victims continues to climb‚ as statistics claim that every two minutes

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    Causes of Rape

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    Causes of Rape DeShanta J. Ray Philosophy 308 Instructor Glen Egbert October 13‚ 2005 Causes of Rape This study investigated responses to a questionnaire administered to forty respondents. The subjects‚ female n=20 and male n=20‚ were individually selected and given a questionnaire for immediate response. The questionnaire was comprised of 23 statements‚ 16 were graded on a 5-point Likert Scale and the remaining was used for demographic comparison. The 16 questions were subgrouped

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    Rape In Prisons

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    Rape can be an upsetting‚ complicated and even taboo topic‚ but it is a heinous crime that should never be ignored. Rape is a hard subject to talk about‚ and it’s even more difficult when it happens within the prison system. It’s easy to say that prisoners deserve to pay for their crimes‚ but prison rape goes beyond punishment and forces many people to question what rights human beings deserve. Prison rape perpetuates a detrimental and dangerous cycle that affects both its victims and the general

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    Statutory Rape

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    Statutory Rape I. Definition A. Rape 1. Crime‚ committed by a man or woman‚ of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with him/her‚ esp. by the threat or use of violence. B. Statutory rape 1. In some jurisdictions- sexual activities below the age required to legally consent to the behavior‚ it can also be charged with sexual behaviors with two under aged minors. II. History and Victims A. When did rape start? 1. Rape has always been a problem‚ but more so now

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    Essay on Rape

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    effects of rape? The victim and the rapist? What had caused the offender to take serious actions? These questions are very serious and in some cases are unanswered questions. Why? Is the first and common question we ask the offender for the actions they have taken? New Zealanders’ react the same way every other nation react to a serious situation if they were to face a person who was assaulted. We should all learn that there is more beneath the mask; meaning no matter what or how a victim shows their

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