Essays on Rape

Rape is an awful worldwide act of aggression that stems from oppression. The “Kite Runner” and “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” both used rape as an important motif that helped develop the book remarkably. In both the novels, the main characters are easily targeted for rape because of their low social position, they suffer in silence but they are eventually healed with the influence of a positive adult role model. In the two novels both rape victims were targeted due to being less privileged

Amber Mauldin reflects on her past through the narrative, Perfectly Broken: A Memoir of Rape and Redemption, about the experiences surrounding her rape. The incident occurred when she was at the age of fifteen and happened in Norfolk, Virginia in 1998. The book itself was published in 2014, leaving a massive gap between the incident and the date of publication. She recounts the event briefly and mainly focuses on the fallout from the incident along with her experience in building herself back up

Rape culture is often dismissed as hysterical feminist theories getting out of hand. For most, rape is an uncomfortable topic and is avoided in conversation all together. That is the problem at hand. I am here to tell everyone that rape culture is a serious issue that we need to be more educated about. In order to stop it, we need to have a better understanding about what it means to live in a rape culture. The term “rape culture” refers to a culture in which attitudes about rape are tolerant enough

has not worked hard enough to put a stop to backlogs of rape kits, one organization has kept on testing them “To me, the backlog is one of the clearest and most shocking demonstrations of how we regard these crimes in our society. Testing rape kits send a fundamental and crucial message to victims of sexual violence: You matter. What happened to you matters. Your case matters-Mariska Hargitay”(What Is the Rape Kit Backlog?). Backlogging of rape kits has been going on for years, which results in no

The climate around disclosing instances of rape is slowly changing. With campaigns such as It’s On Us and Know Your Power becoming more prevalent in the main stream media and college culture, it is important to not only apprehend assailants but to prevent rape before it occurs. If Cal State Fullerton is unfortunate enough to align with Jackie Speier’s claim that “20 percent of coeds say they’ve been sexually assaulted,” then a mass overhaul of current rape prevention programs is necessary. Using communication

violated is not enough. This is what they call the “Rape Victim Empathy Scale” (Ferrão14). This particular study found that obviously women were most sympathetic to victims (Ferrão 16). Conjointly most of the participants assumed the victims were female and the perpetrators were male. Although true this creates a certain intolerance for males who are victimized by men and women. Men are victims of rape as well and it is important to recognize that. The “Rape Victim Empathy Scale” study also showed women

PREETI MANOCHA MPP23-2014 CONSTITUTIONALISM: RIGHTS & INSTITUTIONS RAPE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: THE LEGAL PARADIGM Introduction “Rapes have spiralled as a lost generation of jobless, ill-educated men has reached adulthood and sought refuge in violence." Kishwar Desai (2014) According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s statistics, the number of rape cases has risen from around 15,000 to 25,000 in a 12-year period (2001-2012). This surge can be attributed to the changing dynamics of the Indian society

Rape Culture is “an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture” (Understanding Rape Culture). The intentional and unintentional glamorization and trend in rape has increased dramatically since the beginning of the 20th century. Rape culture is now a concept that is institutionalized all throughout the world that makes the acts of sexual violence inevitable and indistinguishable from normal human ethics

Many people are under the impression that rape culture is a made-up thing, created so that people, specifically women, could get attention. When in fact, that is the complete opposite of what it is. The women’s center at Marshall University defines it as “ an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s

term rape culture was created by the feminist movement of the 1970s, which was during the second wave of the feminist effort; It is used to depict any society that normalizes rape and perverse rape culture. The fear of being raped lives in the back of almost every woman’s mind. Although it has been present in society for decades, nothing has been done to eradicate this behavior. To eliminate this culture generations of children have grown up in, one must first understand the causes of it. Rape is a