Rape culture‚ particularly on college campuses‚ is a pervasive part of our current society. As more young women speak out against attacks made against them‚ the issue has made a prominent place for itself in the media and has given a stronger voice to those who have suffered abuse. Camille Paglia‚ a humanities professor and cultural critic‚ examines rape culture through the lens of personal responsibility in an editorial that she wrote for the San Francisco Examiner. She expresses the opinion that
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Date Rape among College Students It’s a typical Saturday night at Purdue tonight. The biggest party of the year is happening at the Gama Alpha Fraternity‚ and you were invited. You don’t know many of the people that will be attending the party; you only know Jack from Psychology class. You say what the heck‚ start getting ready and off to the party you go. As soon as you walk in the door you’re greeted by Jack‚ which he offers you a drink‚ and you take it. But what you didn’t know is that
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Rape Culture: Elements‚ Media‚ and Solutions Rape culture is the acceptance and rationalization of rape and sexual assault in society due to the normalization of male aggression and toleration of female victimization. Over the years‚ sex has become a deed less about intimacy and more about possession (the dominance over a partner‚ the credit men receive for having sex with more than one woman‚ etc.). Underlying sexism in our daily lives contributes to the practice of objectification‚ and ultimately
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When dealing with rape trial cases‚ lawyers utilize linguistic methods and antiquated rape laws to control their cross-examination and frame their desired version of the case to their benefit. Rape trials are viewed more leniently and victim blaming is present when these circumstances revolve around an acquaintance rather than a stranger. An analysis was focused on the Kennedy Smith rape trial‚ where the role of the defense lawyer’s ‘controlling’ act was examined. It was noted that syntactic repetition
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The PBS Frontline documentary “Rape in the Fields” reveals the gross atrocities of human rights violations against undocumented immigrant women throughout America’s vast farmlands. The group consists of a half-million female workers. Culturally they are from a male dominated society that migrates to the U.S. for economic opportunity. These women are underprivileged workers without access to learn English. They are unaware of American laws that protect persons from violence and crime. They are very
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Date Rape Thesis: It’s a women’s responsibility to be an aware of the dangers of the world‚ because women can be overpowered. Reason #1: Throughout history women have been chaperoned. Support for reason #1: Today women want the freedom but don’t want to acknowledge the risk. Reason #2: The sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. Support or reason #2: (1) Male sex is hot‚ there is an attraction between the sexes that we’re not Totally in control of. (2) At college these women suddenly
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their attackers by tempting them to attack. In my opinion‚ I found it rather interesting that in studies of this theory‚ homicide‚ rape‚ and feminism go hand in hand when merely talking of the subject. What sparked my interest of this specific theory was what Menachem Amir‚ author of “Victim Precipitated Forcible Rape”‚ had to say in his article about how female rape victims contributed to their attacks by dressing in a provocative manner. This statement has been controversial in that it has been
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Rape is not a crime of irrational‚ impulsive‚ uncontrollable lust‚ but is a deliberate‚ hostile‚ violent act of degradation and possession on the part of a would-be conqueror‚ designed to intimidate and inspire fear (Susan Brownmiller). In Tennessee Williams “A Street Car Named Desire”‚ one of the main characters‚ Blanche‚ in this play goes through the experience of being raped and the effects that come from it. By Williams allowing Blanche to get rape in the play‚ it resulted in having a massive
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Traumatic Stress Disorder in Rape Victims “I have entered high school with the wrong hair‚ the wrong clothes‚ the wrong attitude. And I don’t have anyone to sit with. I am Outcast” (Anderson 4). In the novel Speak‚ the main character is raped at a party; this action continues today even though the book was written almost two decades ago. Rape victims have a higher chance of having post traumatic stress disorder in their lifetime than any other type of victim (Kilpatrick). Most rape victims suffer from post
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Landry 1 Jennifer Dorhauer Eng 1020 L23 February 04‚ 2013 Debating Camille Paglia’s “On Date Rape” Date rape is a forcible sexual intercourse by an acquaintance‚ where one resists sexual advances either verbally or physically. The perpetrator of this crime varies from boyfriends to casual acquaintances. The Centers for Disease Control reported that eight out of ten rape or sexual-assault cases were carried out by people of these relationship statuses. Sometimes rapists claim they
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