The western world today is a society based on conservatism and censorship. It’s a society riddled with hatred and harassment‚ and everyday people must live with that and pretend it doesn’t exist in order to conform to societal views and expectations. Women everyday are asked to ignore catcalling‚ that they should feel flattered‚ but the feeling of dread and terror that often comes with the stares and the words do not make you feel flattered‚ it makes you feel sick. So how does a woman curb this unwanted
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Every two minutes‚ somewhere in the world‚ someone is sexually assaulted. Of these 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
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Releases 2011 Report on Military Sexual Assault (2011‚ March 18). Service Women ’s Action Network. Retrieved November 30‚ 2012‚ from http://servicewomen.org/blog/2011/03/18/pentagon-releases-2011-report-on-military-sexual-assault/ Praetorius‚ D Sexual Harassment at School. (n.d.). Education Law - FindLaw. Retrieved November 30‚ 2012‚ from http://education.findlaw.com/discrimination-harassment-at-school/sexual-harassment-at-school.html Topal‚ S U.S. Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program. (n
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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH‚ VOL. 58‚ NO. 5 Forcible‚ Drug-Facilitated‚ and Incapacitated Rape and Sexual Assault Among Undergraduate Women Steven Lawyer‚ PhD; Heidi Resnick‚ PhD; Von Bakanic‚ PhD; Tracy Burkett‚ PhD; Dean Kilpatrick‚ PhD victim’s ability to fend off an attack.7 However‚ researchers typically have not distinguished between sexual assaults that occur when the victim is unable to consent to sexual contact or fend off an attack because she is intoxicated after consuming
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reported at SMU from 2009 to 2011 — disciplinary councils shouldn’t even be an option. The university passed the results of its investigation to the Dallas County district attorney’s office. Now‚ seven months after the alleged rape‚ Cuba faces sexual assault charges. Even Cuba’s attorney‚ Robert Udashen‚ says the campus council had no business handling this case. “This allegation is much too serious to do hearings like that‚” he said. The Washington-based Center for Public Integrity has spent years
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colors to bring a more eerie tone to the picture with using a washed out filter leaving the pictures almost colorless and neutral. The children are not smiling‚ they maintain a straight look on their faces as they each hold a “dangerous” item and a assault rifle. Not only does the image raise awareness of how weak the gun regulations are but it also draws attention the double standard in America. If the United States government cares so much about children’s health and it’s willing to ban a book‚ candy
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taught when you’re little how to keep away from and avoid strangers‚ but rape or sexual assault can happen between friends‚ peers‚ or even family. According to the RAINN Anti-Sexual Violence Organization and Keith J. Green‚ 97% of rapists will never spend a single day in jail. Although most people think of rape happening only to women by men‚ according to Date Violence‚ and Straight Talk About...Date Rape‚ sexual assault happens to people of all sexual orientation. And while people sympathize with the
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doing inhuman and uncivilized acts. This event has shocked India and ignited a debate about the treatment of women. The brutal assault on the 23-year-old student has led to nationwide protests against the treatment of women in India. This particular event probably affects India as a nation because the government is trying to enforce and bring in stronger sexual assault laws. But personally it will affect that woman who was brutally raped by those five men. This event is important because it lets
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afraid of telling the truth and they have little confidence that shows their secret to the public. Victims feel too embarrassed or ashamed about what they experienced. Some countries do not see sexual assault seriously. The police officer in government security system does not solve the sexual assault problems even some of them may commit a crime. To illustrate‚ according to the New York Times during protests on Mohamed Mahmoud Street in November 2011‚ a woman was hurt by police officers. They beat
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universities‚ experience rape” (“Sexual Assault Statistics” 1). Individuals question the purpose of reporting their rapes due to fear of getting discarded. Unqualified campuses deal with these casualties; therefore‚ they continuously fail to properly punish rapists‚ leaving victims feeling vulnerable and unsafe. Very few female students inform authorities about campus rape. “Approximately 11% of college women who experience rape report it to the police” (“Sexual Assault Statistics” 2). Many ask why victims
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