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The Careless Language

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In the article, “The Careless Language of Sexual Violence”, by Roxane Gay, is about sexual violence and how it is usually presented in the media. Throughout the article it seems as if she is trying to inform us about how rape culture is increasing sexual violence. How we should carefully speak about rape. How we should take it seriously. How we should be concerned about the victim not the rapists. Roxane Gay is an assistant professor of English in the MFA program at Purdue University. She has the academic credentials and a growing body of published fiction that is getting both critical and popular attention. Her parents were immigrants from Haiti and she grew up in middle class circumstances in suburban environments. However, her life has …show more content…

Yes, it is. However, actually any kind of rape is a difficult experience to survive physically and emotionally. Also, any kind of rape can lead to pregnancy and a miscarriage, not just gang rape. Other than that, while I was reading the article I was reading it out loud as if I was Roxanne trying to get it in to peoples head. I felt the anger, excitement, and disappointment as if I was the one that wrote the article. Her tone in the reading was excellent. However, I’ve never felt the dark side which I’m thankful and that is why the author is trying to do persuade, inform and give awareness to feminists. While reading one of the lasts paragraphs you can see that Roxane’s wounds are fresh. She still reminisces the past like the back of her hand, which is why she does what she does. Roxane believes is her responsibility to write about sexual violence and get the message through. She says, “Perhaps it is simply that writing is cheaper than therapy or drugs.” Which it says that writing it down clears her head and it’s clearly her therapy. She even questions herself if what she’s doing is worth it, giving the message out about sexual violence. I truly believe she is, she’s doing an extraordinary

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