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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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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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 beautiful
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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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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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Rape Victims Outside in the rain‚ a young man approached the house. He knew exactly where to go‚ he had been watching the back door. No one knows how often he had been out there‚ but he knew exactly where to find the hidden key. It was hidden in a woodpile behind some bushes next to the whit picked fence. He used it to let himself in the back door. He walked through the kitchen‚ around a corner‚ up the stairs‚ past the kids’ rooms‚ and into Ross’s bedroom. She’d been asleep for about half
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Many of the attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and mistaken ideas about rape have been with us for centuries. By looking at myths‚ such as "women ask for it‚" and "it would do some women good to get raped‚" from a historical perspective‚ lead us for better understanding how they evolved. Women are still seen as the property of men‚ are protected as such. Men and women are still taught to occupy very different roles in today’s world. Men are usually more aggressive‚ and women are seen as passive. (Vogelman) This
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Date rape is not a rare incident that only happens in isolated situations. In fact‚ surveys indicate that in 84% of rape cases‚ the victim knew the attacker‚ and 57% of rapes occurred on dates (Warshaw 11). However‚ what is even more surprising than these high statistics is that most incidents of date rape go unreported. Several theories exist that try to explain this phenomenon. For example‚ many women may refuse to believe that their "friend" raped them. In fact‚ they could eventually convince
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the United States‚ rape has become one of the most underreported crimes each year (“Reporting Rape” 1). The term rape culture refers to how our society has taught women how not to be raped instead of teaching men not to rape. Through jokes and the sexualization of women we are more likely to believe rape is not a big crisis in our nation. Rape culture leads to the acceptance of rape as a natural occurrence through images that objectify women‚ media‚ and the stigmatization of rape victims. In our culture
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Psychological Effects of Rape A victim often suffers intense emotional and psychological reactions immediately after a rape. These can be described as personal crises where the victim relives the fear‚ agony or anxiety‚ mixed with emotional feelings. For most rape victims‚ the reactions begin days or weeks after the rape and will sometimes decrease after two to six months. However‚ disturbing emotions combined with low self-respect and sexual dysfunction may last for a year or more for some
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