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Rape Culture: An Introduction What is rape culture? There is no other way to begin discussing this major issue that has been plaguing our world. We must first look at the definition of rape culture. A rape culture is one in which the victims of...
Hate crimes are crimes that are motivated by discrimination towards a targeted group. Perpetrators perform harmful acts towards victims and can be as dangerous as murder or death threats to spitting and name calling (Saucier, Brown, Mitchell, Cawman, Kansas State University, University of Kentucky, 2006)....
Until recently, places such as the United States and the United Kingdom had legal definitions of rape which only included women and girls as victims and men and boys and the perpetrators. In the United States in 2012, the FBI finally included both male and...
Today s sadly growing trend in America is date rape. We hear about date rape on the news, in classrooms, and through school rumors almost daily. Fortunately, in recent years, the occurrences of violent rapes (those that are committed by unidentified men who forcibly attack...
Rape is a major problem when it comes to the modern world. Around 321,500 cases of sexual assault happen every year in the United States for women aged 12 or older. (RAINN) Just recently a lady spoke about being sexually assaulted but not knowing the...
It’s the sad truth that, in today’s society, rape and sexual assault are a common occurrence with the victims being women, children, and even men. This is a horrendous act that is defined as any type of forcible sexual activity, but the worst part is...
From the age of 11, I was told that if boys pulled my hair or poked me with pencils, it meant that they liked me. I didn’t like it that much. By 13, I had the first man look me up and down in the...
Whispers of Revolt The villagers gather in the town square. Whispers of murder, mayhem, and an uprising fill the courtyard. Some even wonder at plots of uprooting the King from the throne! A man with a commanding voice climbs the steps of the podium and...
The Consequences of Rape Most people don’t laugh at the mention of murder. Theft is no joking matter, and the distribution of drugs is not taken lightly. Rape is illegal, and rightly so, however many do not consider it to be a violent issue. In...
Rape by definition of the American Heritage Dictionary is “the crime of forcing a female into sexual intercourse”, while legally and psychologically, rape is viewed as force or threat of force, as well as something being seized or taken away. Ever rarely is rape actually...
Introduction Regrettably, sexual exploitation and rape are not new concepts to the world, but when exploitation (financial or otherwise) occurs in the context of peacekeeping the reality becomes “profoundly disturbing” (Al-Hussein, 2005). The United Nations Security Counsel has had many failures since its installment in...
Fast Track Courts for Rape Cases The state has 13 special courts to hear cases of atrocities against women. The state government has decided to start 100 fast track courts in the next five years. The procedure of reserving 25 of these 100 fast track...
From the Hudood Ordinances to the Protection of Women Act: Analyzing Rape Laws in Pakistan Pakistan has a very complicated relationship with rape. Numerous times their legal response to rape, along with other sexual offences, has earned them a spotlight in the international stag. Pakistan...
Sexual assault (and specifically “date rape”) is a very serious and prevalent topic in modern American society. It’s important that this topic be discussed with the youth of today. Drug-facilitated sexual assault, or “date rape”, happens when alcohol or drugs (or some combination) are used...
In the poems Awlad al-Kahba (Sons of a Bitch) by Mudhafar Al-Nawab and Face Lost in the Wilderness by Fadwa Tuqan, there is great commonality in each poet’s personification of Jerusalem as a raped girl. Through the perspective of each poet, both works reflect upon...
Rape is an issue that feminist across the globe have had their legal, social, and philosophical perspectives on in the past years. For many years, the interpretation of rape as well as the laws pertaining to it has been based on traditional sexist perspectives that...
Unintentional progressive Feminist ideas Would the attention brought to the horrors of rape and the oppression of women by Voltaire be considered a progressive form of literature, or a form of shock value? In Candide, Voltaire brings light to the ugly nature of rape culture...
From the Hudood Ordinances to the Protection of Women Act: Analyzing Rape Laws in Pakistan Pakistan has a very complicated relationship with rape. Numerous times their legal response to rape, along with other sexual offences, has earned them a spotlight in the international stag. Pakistan...
This theory adopts a more realistic and pragmatic approach to law by considering customary practices and circumstances surrounding a conflict. Basically it evolves on the perception that law is derived from precedents giving it the binding flavour to similar cases. It is for a fact...