RapeCultureonCollegeCampusandWhyitPreva
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31 October 2014 (Change the date; keep it in this format)
Rape Culture on College Campuses and Why it Prevails
Rape has become a taboo topic. Sexual assault is sugar coated into something less disturbing and brutal than it actually is. But rape is rape: the act of male or female taking sexual control or dominance over a nonwilling participant. It does not matter whether or not people feels comfortable discussing the topic of rape. Uncomfortability does not make a problem disappear. It is possible that rape culture is ignored because no one knows a permanent solution for it. But not talking about it will not fix it. An environment where rape culture prevails is on college campuses. 1 in every 4 college students admit to being raped or sexually assaulted on campus, this number fails to include the thousands of rape victims whose stories are never heard.
Rape culture prevails on college campus because only an estimated 35% of these victims’ abusers are dealt with. Of those, only an estimated 20 30% percent are dealt with severely.
Colleges ignore the severity rape culture on campus because it is a problem that is extremely difficult to remedy, but ignoring a problem will not solve it. “Culture is vital to the human species, but some cultural patterns are destructive”
(Herman 45). Rape culture occurs when a set of values or beliefs create an environment that is conducive to rape. Rape culture does not refer to an actual place or setting, but to a culture that directly and indirectly surrounds and supports rape.
_Last Name_ 2 Our daughters are taught to be delicate, thoughtful, quiet and sweet. Our sons are raised to be brutal, to never cry, to be a “manly” man. Females grow to realize that they are expected to be dependent upon menthat the most important day in their lives is there wedding day. There are two different handbooks for raising girls and boys.
First Name Last Name
Instructor’s Name
Name of Class
31 October 2014 (Change the date; keep it in this format)
Rape Culture on College Campuses and Why it Prevails
Rape has become a taboo topic. Sexual assault is sugar coated into something less disturbing and brutal than it actually is. But rape is rape: the act of male or female taking sexual control or dominance over a nonwilling participant. It does not matter whether or not people feels comfortable discussing the topic of rape. Uncomfortability does not make a problem disappear. It is possible that rape culture is ignored because no one knows a permanent solution for it. But not talking about it will not fix it. An environment where rape culture prevails is on college campuses. 1 in every 4 college students admit to being raped or sexually assaulted on campus, this number fails to include the thousands of rape victims whose stories are never heard.
Rape culture prevails on college campus because only an estimated 35% of these victims’ abusers are dealt with. Of those, only an estimated 20 30% percent are dealt with severely.
Colleges ignore the severity rape culture on campus because it is a problem that is extremely difficult to remedy, but ignoring a problem will not solve it. “Culture is vital to the human species, but some cultural patterns are destructive”
(Herman 45). Rape culture occurs when a set of values or beliefs create an environment that is conducive to rape. Rape culture does not refer to an actual place or setting, but to a culture that directly and indirectly surrounds and supports rape.
_Last Name_ 2 Our daughters are taught to be delicate, thoughtful, quiet and sweet. Our sons are raised to be brutal, to never cry, to be a “manly” man. Females grow to realize that they are expected to be dependent upon menthat the most important day in their lives is there wedding day. There are two different handbooks for raising girls and boys.
Cited: Cahn, Jack. "College Rape Must End." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 05 Aug. 2013. Web. 31 Oct. 2014. Herman, Dianne F. "The Rape Culture." Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Crosscultural Readings in Sociology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. 4552. Web. 31 Oct. 2014. McFadden, Joyce. "Is the Way We Raise Young Children Contributing to College Rape Culture?" The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 09 Oct. 2014. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. Ramirez, Haley. "Fixing Rape on Campus?" (n.d.): 112. Web. Publication, 1996. 13347. Print.