CampusRape

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Too many times I hear about women being taught “Don’t get raped”. That is disgusting to me because shouldn’t we be teaching people not to rape instead? Why should I have to be on the constant lookout for people who look suspicious or sketchy or worry about walking to my car after I get off of work. Why doesn’t society teach people that raping someone is a felony? It is not stressed in school and I know that for a fact. When I had health in high school, my teacher taught us how to avoid being raped but not once did he mention how wrong rape is. Now, what message is that really teaching people..

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Statistics

Many believe that the people they have to be scared of the most are strangers.It is scary that the statistics will prove otherwise. In an article I read, I found statistics from the 1990s on college rape.  

“One study of college rape victims revealed that 10.6% were raped by strangers, 24.9% by non-romantic acquaintances, 21% by casual dates, 30% by steady dates and 8.9% by family members. (House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, 1990)" 

It is alarming that the highest percentage of rape is by a steady date, but 89.4% is by someone you know. So while everyone is always looking over their shoulder for strangers, it is the people you date and see around that you have to worry about. 

Works Cited: United States. Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. Violence Against Women. Cong. Rept. Web.

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Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault (MARS) is a student organization that recognizes that rape and sexual assault against women is not just an issue for women to deal with.  Their main goal is to educate men on the seriousness of the issue and to discuss ways in which to prevent these things from happening.  This organization is important in that it makes a strong point that rape and sexual assault against women is not an issue only meant for women, and that men should take on this issue as well.

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Reporting Rape

“Only 11.5% of college women in the sample reported their most recent/only rape experience to authorities, with only 2.7% of rapes involving drugs and/or alcohol reported. Minority status (ie, nonwhite race) was associated with lower likelihood of reporting, whereas sustaining injuries during the rape was associated with increased likelihood of reporting”

There was a study where a sample of women’s rape accounts were looked at to see how many of them reported their incidences. The percentage of college women who reported their rape were only 11.5%, which is really low. It is important to note that only 2.7% of the rapes had to do with drugs and alcohol being involved because many people would believe that those statistics are higher. People who are illegal or of a minority will also be less likely to report their rape in fear of deportation or not getting justice due to their race. If injuries were sustained during the assualt, it is more likely that it will be reported. 

Works Cited: Wolitzky-Taylor, Kate B., et al. “Reporting Rape In A National Sample Of College Women." Journal Of American College Health 59.7 (2011): 582-587. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 June 2014.

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The U.S. culture of rape makes the voices of women of colour inaudible. Stories of white women being raped, although also poorly constructed, draw from a different bank of assumptions, and at least sometimes include the notion of personhood or citizenship and rightful access to law. The reality that no one will believe a woman of colour, or the sentiment that no one would rape _you_, continues to silence women of colour.

– “Trial by Media” by Samhita Mukhopadhyay in Yes Means Yes!

Here’s lookin’ at you, Tufts University, for having an administration complacent about the rape of women of color.

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“Rape is rape and the sooner universities make that clear, the sooner we can make progresses on campus.”

Joe Biden

Biden, Duncan highlight new federal guidance on campus sex assault probes - The Center for Public Integrity

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Eight percent of college men have either attempted or successfully raped. Thirty percent say they would rape if they could get away with it. When the wording was changed to “force a woman to have sex,” the number jumped to 58%. Worse still, 83.5% argue that “some women look like they are just asking to be raped.

Margo Paine, Ph.D. (Body Wars)

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No woman is ever “asking” to get raped, no matter what she is wearing or what she looks like. A woman should be allowed to be proud of her own body without feeling like she’s inviting rapists to attack her. It has become rather apparent to me that we live in a society that would rather make the victim the real criminal instead of trying to find ways to prevent things like this from happening in the first place. “She was practically asking for it” should never be something that is okay. If she says “yes”, then she’s ‘asking for it’, otherwise, back the hell off and treat the lady with some respect. Women are people, too, in case you weren’t aware.

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I really hope this is fake, it’s so alarming to see how many people feel there are times when rape is acceptable and the amount of women that agree sometimes rape is okay is even worse😷