Sexual Violence on College Campuses According to a survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control in 2011‚ one out of every five female college students experience sexual assault while attending college. Out of these women‚ an estimated twelve percent report the attack to the police (Associated Press‚ 2014). Concurrently‚ a survey given by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation found that five percent of male college students experience sexual assault (Jaschik‚ 2015). These statistics are alarming
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You may have heard the terms rape culture‚ victim blaming‚ and sexual oppression before‚ but what exactly do those terms mean? Victim blaming‚ sexual objectification‚ and societies expectations about gender‚ power‚ and sexuality are factors that promote rape culture. In the following paper I will explain to you what all of these terms mean. I will also tell you why rape culture‚ victim blaming‚ sexual objectification‚ and sexual oppression are wrong. Rape culture is a term that feminists in
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Informative Speech Assignment: “Sexual Abuse” Speech 1000 Welch Example Outline Topic: Sexual abuse is a common and controversial issue that can happen to and or affect all of us. Purpose: To inform the audience about the effects sexual abuse can have‚ and why it matters. * Introduction I. Attention getter: Do you know a friend or family member who has been sexually abused? Or maybe you have experienced sexual abuse yourself? Are you aware of the psychological and developmental
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In the short article “Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person” by Thomas Mappes‚ there are several points that he makes about what should be considered morally right or wrong. Mappes sticks to three main points when it comes to what he considers morally right or wrong. These three cases are “using another person”‚ “deception of one by another”‚ and “coercion”. All three points basically revolve around how he feels that it is wrong for one person to in any way shape or form to use
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Sexual Education in Public Schools Sex education should be taught in public schools in the Philippines because people or the youth should be educated on the matter in order to avoid consequences they might regret‚ consequences like teenage pregnancies‚ unwanted pregnancies‚ and sexually transmitted diseases. Sex education can also helps keep children from sexual abuse. But that is not the only problem; let us not forget that the high birth rate here in our country is being blamed for poverty. Sex
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Pedophilia and Deviant Behavior Sonja Johnson Sociology of Deviant Behavior Professor Grant Pikes Peak Community College August 3‚ 2014 There exists a group of people possessing what some refer to as a mental disorder‚ while others refer to it as a personality or behavioral disorder characterized by the urge to have sexual relations with those of a non-consenting age. Initially this paper will examine why exactly this is a deviant behavior. We will then go on to analyze their
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How did sexual assault become such a common phenomena in an advanced society as ours? When did it become so okay for someone to violate another through sexual assault? Sexual assault not only inflicts physical injury‚ but also damages a survivors’ mental stability as well. News channels and newspaper columns everywhere seem to be flooded with research and cases of the crimes‚ but yet there is no sign of the issue aborting anytime soon. Nowadays‚ one of the biggest worries for younger people and their
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Child sexual abuse It can be very difficult to talk about sexual abuse and even more difficult to acknowledge that sexual abuse happens to children of all ages including infants every day. According to the NCANDS (National child abuse and neglect data system)‚ an estimated 9.3% of confirmed or sustained child abuse and neglect cases in 2005 involved sexual abuse. This figure translates into over 83‚800 victims in 2005 alone. Other studies suggest that even more children suffer abuse and neglect
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Sexual Assault Patterns‚ context‚ definitions: Law reform (’81)– Importance of feminist contributions – significant to reform of law regarding rape. Definitions: Sexual assault (NSW) Unlawful sexual penetration (Commonwealth Criminal Code) Harm – Affront to human dignity Humiliating denial of freedom and equality; Cruel invasion of human privacy (FRASER 1975) Sources of information – Official statistics Victim surveys Discrepancy reveals under-reporting: 14% reported Relationship
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experience rape or some form of campus assault before they graduate (RAINN‚ n.d). Everyone’s views on sexual assault differs and that is because there are so many different classifications of campus assault. Why are the numbers increasing when they should be decreasing? Why are the victims of campus assault so afraid to seek help? No two people would give you the same answer if asked the question “what is sexual assault?.” Many people would reply and say that it is rape‚ but it is so much more than just
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