Essays on Sexual Assaults

In the memoir, When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip and Jay Wurts, discusses the childhood of Le Ly Hayslip during the Vietnam War, her escape to the United States, and what her return to visit Vietnam after 16 years was like....

Imagine walking home on a Friday evening after a late night class. You are tired and alone. You walk down the hall to your dorm, when suddenly you see a group of drunk boys. You ignore them, and avoid eye contact. They start catcalling you....

Sexual Assault on College Campuses Many people say that college is the best “4 or 5 years of someone’s life,” and that it is a time of opportunity, growth, friendship, and really finding one’s identity. However, this is not always a reality for people who...

Interpersonal violence against someone or real weaker partner is a widespread phenomenon. Violence against women by anyone is always wrong, whether the abuser is someone you date, know or even a current spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, an acquaintance or a stranger. Many countries have already set...

If one were asked to give examples various weapons, typically a list involving types of guns, knives, nuclear powers, and bombs would be recited; however, it is more than likely that one of the most populous weapons would be absent from one’s thoughts. The issue...

Sexual assault has been and continues to be the number one underreported crime in the United States. In fact, “only 344 out of every 1,000 sexual assaults are reported to the police, meaning about two out of three cases go unreported” (Bureau of Justice Statistics)....

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...

Extra Credit I chose to watch the documentary The Hunting Ground, which is a film that focuses on the staggering rates of sexual assault on college campuses. I chose to watch this film because I was writing my issue analysis paper on this exact problem,...

Incoming college students from all around the world await the new opportunities, everlasting friendships and parental free-living conditions that they will receive at their new campus. However, what is not included in the college brochures and websites is the amount of campus rape experiences women...

Sexual assault is a genuine offense and inside a campus setting, can turn out to be increasingly serious to the victim’s social and mental resistance. Being enclosed by new individuals, new companions, and teachers that are uninformed can make matters increasingly distressing and overwhelming to...