underage, they cannot legally give consent. But if the act of underage sex is unwilling…
In the woman-to-woman sexual violence book, Dr. Lori B. Girshick records the participants’ narrative about their abusive experiences. According to the survivor’s stories, it can recognize the similar process such as controlling intimate partner behaviors, limiting interaction with other people and isolating the victims. In addition, not only the forms of abusive action include the physical, sexual, emotional abuse is closed to the heterosexual domestic violence, but also the reactions of batters are cognate. The majority of the victims when they recalled their abusive relationship, they were not able to determine some certain behavior is considered as a violent action. Moreover, the victims sometimes blame themselves that their partner abuse…
Rape has become a huge topic in today's media. Specifically cases of rape in college towns, like the case of Brock Turner for example. At Jacksonville State University, a college campus located in Jacksonville, Alabama, the school's staff felt obligated to pass out copies of Jon Krakauer's book Missoula to all of the incoming freshman at their Freshman Orientation. Missoula is a book about rape culture and the justice system in a college town. It would be logical to give every college student, not just the freshman at Jacksonville State, a copy of Missoula. This piece of literature gives information on how to handle being a victim of rape, how being a victim of rape changes the victim’s life, and it gives an estimate of how many times rape goes without consequence.…
As for Team C we have discovered that the missions of our two different categories are basically the same. The mission is to help the victim and make others aware that there is help in preventive services when it comes to these issues at hand. The similarities in the mission of the domestic violent category as well as the sexual assault category is almost identical. The mission for sexual assault is to deliver confidential care, support, and advocacy for victims of sexual assault, while concurrently endorsing awareness and prevention programs. Sexual violence is a serious problem that can have lasting, harmful effects on victims and their family, friends, and societies. As for the domestic violent mission it states to provide comprehensive support and advocacy services to victim/survivors, focusing on immediate and long-term safety, empowerment, dignity, and hope. We as a team think that it is pretty clear that the main objective here is to advocate, prevent, and make aware the services offered to victims in these traumatic experiences. The differences between the two issues is the funding for these programs determine if the doors stay open or if the services will continue to be offered to the victims at hand. Domestic violence is sometimes if not all the time not taken seriously because the victims either make up with their abuser or do not press charges as a result of fear of retaliation for the suspect. As for sexual assault programs We believe that funding will always be giving to these programs because of the severity of the issue. We are not saying that domestic violence is not severe but domestic violence has a tendency to titer the fence and hold up court proceedings with uncertainty of what the victim wants to do. However in the domestic violence topic it is not up to the victim to press charges on the suspect…
For this week’s assignment I am going to discuss one federal and one state rule of evidence or statute and what affects they may have on both the prosecution and defense of sexual assault cases.…
Rape Culture is a culture in which multi-media (radio, television, movies, music, social sites); news stations, politicians, public and social institutions, religious groups, and the general masses condone sexual assault by normalizing or trivializing male sexual violence and by blaming survivors for their own abuse.…
Date rape is not a simple problem to ignore. It can impact dramatically if not handle properly. Victims of date rape hardly identifies themselves. Most of the times rape victims still see their offender. The reason is because most of the time the offender is someone who the victim knows.…
College campuses are supposed to be a place of safe education and self-discovery, but recently sexual assaults and violence have been pushed to the forefront of the national discussion. While colleges have always had sexual assaults, only in 1991 was the first sexual consent policy with affirmative consent put into action. It was met with pushback, with many thinking it was overkill and really served no purpose. Only later would we learn how badly it was needed and how it was even used a model for the California consent laws.…
Understanding Sexual Assault on College Campuses: An issue that should be taken seriously or just an exaggerated problem.…
The purpose of this essay is to discuss the grave issue of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the Army. It explains the steps I would take as a leader in the event of a sexual assault in my squad or platoon. It discusses the resources available for the victim and possible outcomes for the victim and the accused Soldier. Finally, it describes the actions I would take if the victim was a male, or if the victim and accused were the same gender. Guidance on how to assist the victim was taken from the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention [SHARP] guidebook and Army Regulation [AR] 600-20, Army Command Policy, along with Department…
The recent Globe and Mail investigation regarding sexual assault cases has caught the attention of many individuals. The article “Why police dismiss 1 in 5 sexual assault claims as baseless,” states that the study involved over 870 police forces in Canada. The article states that 19.39 per cent of the sexual assault complaints that were received over a four-year period of time, were dismissed by police forces as being unfounded (Doolittle, 2017). The article also states that according to research from North America, the United Kingdom and Australia, between 2 per cent and 8 per cent of complaints were considered false reports (Doolittle, 2017). Nonetheless, I agree that for serious complaints like sexual assault, the police should have no…
Throughout this essay, sexual violence is a major theme. Sexual violence has changed over time, however it seems like certain aspects of sexual violence have been passed on and have worsen with time. Sexual violence is a topic that is discuss solely young women through different outlets, such as media, educations, personal relationships, and etc., however if forget that both men and women can be sexual assaulted. Sexual violence is a major issue on both college and universities campuses with young adults who have found their freedom and tend to think about the consequences that are to follow. Even though sexual violence solely focuses on women, society has shaped sexual violence through class and race, rape culture, and consent.…
Americans all over the country need to be aware that sexual assault on college campuses is a tremendous issue. According to The Washington- Kaiser Poll it was found that “20% of young women who attended college the past four years were sexually assaulted”. The Washington Post’s point is that the sexual assault in college is still prevalent and not enough people are aware. David French, author of The Campus-Rape Lie also comments on that idea when he writes “ The campus life is so dangerous for women that one in five of them will be victims of sexual assault before they leave college”. If The Washington Post and David French both claim that the amount of women are still getting sexually assaulted then it is clear that it is still a problem at…
The recent media attention to the topic of date rape and sexual assault on campus has really brought the public’s attention to a very important topic that has been a problem for years but just didn't get the attention it should have. But the majority of the media headlines have been all about the assault happening on college campus, but that’s not the only place it happens. It also happens in grade school (K-12). That “doesnt mean the attention should be any less focused on the college campus issue but it should also be acknowlaged that college isnt the only place this kind of thing happens.…
Sexual assault is a crisis in the United States. This crisis is perpetuated by the belief of rape myths, gender roles and victim shaming. If this epidemic continues at its current rate then the consequences will affect not just the victims but laws, colleges and families. Fortunately there has been significant effort put forth towards educating communities on sexual assault and in assisting victims.…