...Sexual violence against women has remained to be a pertinent issue for decades and has yet to obtain deserved justice. According to RAINN, Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, sexual violence is an all-encompassing term referring to violent crimes involving sexual abuse, rape, and sexual assault. Sexual assault can come in different forms such as physical, verbal, and/or visual acts each compels an individual to engage in a sexual act against their will or without affirmative consent. Since 1998, over 17,700, 000 women have reported a sexual assault. 1 out of every 6 American women have been a victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. With that, only 26% of victims will report to law enforcement agents. Furthermore, specifically,...
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...originate from the central part of the United States, and twenty percent of students come from the west coast. Sexual assault and interpersonal violence happens to people regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, and culture. With 59% of Georgetown students identifying as Caucasian, 13% as Asian, 8% as African, and 7% as Latino, sexual assault and interpersonal...
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...Sexual violence is a major social and public health problem on many college campuses across the United States and many other countries. Sexual violence encompasses many different aspects of sexual deviancy but sexual violence is typically considered to be sexual assault or rape. Sexual assault and rape have affected men and women alike. However, the vast majority of sexual violence victims are women with men being the perpetrators. Women on college campuses have a higher chance of becoming a victim of sexual assault then other women. Rape is defined as penetration or attempted penetration of sexual organs, but sexual assault is a much broader term. Sexual assault includes; completed or attempted penetration, abusive sexual contact without...
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...2014 Rape, Pornography and Sexual Violence When you hear about a person being raped in the news, your mind begins to think of the type of person who could commit such a violent sexual crime against another person. The perpetrator of this act usually wants to feel powerful and be controlling over another person. There could be any number of reasons a person needs to dominate another, one of the biggest reasons is, because they may have been sexually abused as a child or teenager. We ask ourselves could pornographic materials be the cause of the rape. In 1989, Susie Bright, a supporter of erotica for women gave a public lecture to defend pornography against recent attacks. Bright talked about whether or not pornography causes rape. Her view that it does cause rape as, “the devil made him do it.” To believe that pornography causes rape, we must accept that we are letting the rapist off the hook. If we indicate that the pornography caused the rape, then we cannot also say, that it was the rapist who caused the rape (Adams). The most important charge against pornography, that it incites sexual aggression. Although rape statistics suggest otherwise, some experts believe the consumption of pornography may actually reduce the desire to rape by offering a safe, private outlet for their deviant sexual desires. Rape from a moral standpoint, is simply a more extreme form of a desire to use and objectify others...
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...Gay: The Careless Language of Sexual Violence About author: Roxanne Gay is a Haitian-American professor and writer. She is an English professor at Purdue University. The text: The text started with an article from The New York Times about an 11-year-old girl who was gang-raped. The article, however, was defending the perpetrators and victim-blaming the victim. Gay points out that people often joke about rape or jokingly using the term “rape” such as “rape shower.” These jokes and terms support Gay’s opinion that people often use a careless language of sexual violence. Questions: What do you think of The New York Times’ article that was concerned for the perpetrators’ lives? Would you say that the act is justifiable because “the girl was asking...
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...Scholarship Spring 2013 Oppression, Sexual Violence and Their Effects on Native American Women Isabella J. Baxter '15 Gettysburg College, baxtis01@gettysburg.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship Part of the Native American Studies Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Baxter, Isabella J. '15, "Oppression, Sexual Violence and Their Effects on Native American Women" (2013). Student Publications. Paper 87. http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/87 This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution. Cupola permanent link: http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/ 87 This open access student research paper is brought to you by The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The Cupola. For more information, please contact cupola@gettysburg.edu. Oppression, Sexual Violence and Their Effects on Native American Women Keywords Native American Women, Sexual Violence, Oppression, Colonization, White Feminism Abstract This paper is a response to the chapter “Sexual Violence as a Tool of Genocide” in Andrea Smith’s book Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide. Smith argues that U.S. colonial culture strategically uses sexual violence against Native women as a weapon to ensure...
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...Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking Abstract Human trafficking is a crime that without the proper direction will cost the human being the right to have freedom. Every person has the right to choose and not fall into being victimized by someone who is in the pursuit of indentured servitude. This billion-dollar industry is aiding the criminal acts such as drug trafficking and production, sexual assault, sexual rape (male or female), and most of all abuse and neglect of all the victims involved. Most people want to believe that human trafficking is non-existent and only happens to victims who are participating in any illegal enterprise. The ugly truth is that most people who have been trafficked did not know the ramifications of the decisions that they were making because of the promises that were falsely given to them by their captives (smugglers). The need for a plan of action to combat human trafficking is one that must not be taken lightly. If it were as simple as people think, then it would have never been an issue to begin with. Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking The discussion of human trafficking is one that has taken place throughout the time that man has been in civilized existence. Human trafficking is one of the most horrific acts that a person could ever go through and/or encounter. These victims are slaves and live in servitude until they break free or die in some instances. Many people would like to believe that this is something that happens...
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...been featured consistently in the media as "the face" of this movement, regardless of the fact Caucasian individuals account for roughly 17% of all sexual assaults as compared to the following statistics. Albeit a smaller minority population, demographers have shown between 1 in 3 Indigenous female youths aged 25 and under have encountered sexual violence. This number also means Native American Girls are 2.5 times more likely to suffer sexual violence than any other ethnic group. 34.1% of sexual assaults upon Indigenous female youths reportedly occurred on campus. According to National Institute of Justice Native male youths 27.5 % have encountered rape. That which occurred on campus is currently unaccounted for. As reported by Human Rights Campaign 65% of Indigenous transgender have also suffered at the hands of sexual violence, such as the case in the documentation of the sexual assaults on Indigenous boys there is no said data. The reasoning...
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...Conceptual 1 According to Aronson’s analysis of the Challenger disaster, which of the following most likely did not contribute to the disaster? NASA engineers assured management that all safety measures had been taken. According to Aaronson’s theory of social behavior, people’s behaviors and personal beliefs tend to be greatly influenced by the society or the majorities beliefs. In the challenger disaster case, a lot of outside pressure was involved. Previous experiments such as the successful launch and landing of the first reusable space shuttle Columbia, had been conduced successfully hence NASA was inclined to think that those statistics were a testament for the outcome of the launch. Additionally, the challenger launch was one of its kind since it was the first to have an ordinary American, McAuliffe, on board. Also the program had taken a lot of time to materialize owing to the bad weather and the time needed to train McAuliffe on space travel. All this factors convinced NASA to bow to social psychology and let societal pressure influence their judgment despite clear warning from the engineers about the impending doom if temperature conditions were not favorable (Disaster, 2016). Applied This is a case of Internalization compliance. Though, the child does not like the lima beans, she does so because she believes that by doing so she will become like the figure she idolizes. In the Internalization type of conformity, subjects adopt a belief and make it their own...
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...Cognitive, Conscious, Energetic and Behavioral Impact of Violent Video Gaming Experiences Gabriel Aaron Dionne Strayer University English 215 December 11th 2011 Cognitive, Conscious, and Behavioral Impact of Violent Video Gaming Experiences “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Brainy Quote (2011) Identifies Violence as: The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault. Ravishment; rape; constupration. To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel. This statement gives insight to the ideology of violence being compelled or brought about in an individual through excited actions. The level of violence in video games is astounding not to mention the level of realism which can totally encapsulate you in the gaming experience leaving you feel like that experience was real on a conscious, cognitive, and behavioral level. Long gone are my days of Mario bouncing on mushrooms these days it is assault rifles, hand grenades and tactical missile strikes. Entertainment Software Rating Board (n.d.) provides a list of potential violent behaviors that may be found within our children’s gaming experience and it...
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...body parts •Cartoon Violence - Violent activities including cartoon like circumstances and characters. May incorporate roughness where a character is unharmed after the activity has been dispensed •Comic Mischief - Depictions or dialog including droll or suggestive cleverness •Crude Humor - Depictions or dialog including disgusting tricks, including "restroom" silliness •Drug Reference - Reference to and/or pictures of unlawful medications •Fantasy Violence - Violent activities of a dream nature, including human or non-human characters in circumstances effectively recognizable from genuine living •Intense Violence - Graphic and practical looking portrayals of physical clash. May include compelling and/or reasonable blood, violence, weapons and portrayals of human harm and demise •Language - Mild to direct utilization of foulness •Lyrics - Mild references to irreverence, sexuality, roughness, liquor or medication use in music •Mature Humor - Depictions or dialog including "grown-up" amusingness, including sexual references •Nudity - Graphic or delayed portrayals of bareness •Partial Nudity - Brief and/or gentle delineations of nakedness •Real Gambling - Player can bet, including wagering or wagering genuine money or cash •Sexual Content - Non-express delineations of sexual conduct, conceivably including halfway nakedness •Sexual Themes - References to sex or sexuality •Sexual Violence - Depictions of assault or other fierce sexual acts •Simulated Gambling...
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...communication purposes, such as e-mail or chat As they mature, they begin to use the Internet more for Gender Differences Boys Girls Entertainment More interested in playing video and computer games The Internet provides many opportunities to play online games To seek information, for example, for their homework ( as girls are more compliant so they will listen to parents and teachers) Social interaction ( since girls used to chat and keep in touch with friends) NEGATIVE BEHAVIOURS Exposure to Violence Addiction Social Relations Pornography Eating disorders Exposure to Violence With the growing use of the internet by children, there is an increase in online games. These games are very violent and expose children to explicit content and violent situations thus desensitizing the children and making them more prone to inflicting self harm, as well as harm on others. Media violence will have a strong effect on young children. The reason being that they lack the real life experiences to judge whether something they see on screen is realistic. A person does not become violent while playing a violent internet game...
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...TESC November 2012 Enc-101 OL WA-9 Should sex and violence on television be restricted? The debate over sex and violence on television has been going on for several years. Many researchers have supported, while a few are against restrictions. There are various negative factors of sex and violence on television, such as creating fear, aggressive, crimes and many more. This essay is going to discuss the reasons why sex and violence on television should be restricted. Some television programs, like guns, murders, shooting, explosions, punching, screaming stabbing, car chases, disasters, death and smashes create a great fear to the viewers. Sex and violence on television is able to persuade people to commit offenses and become aggressive. This can be caused by watching a single violent program more frequently. Those children watch programs in which violence is more realistic and frequently repeated are more likely to imitate whatever they have seen. On the other hand, pornography is now mostly available on television to children all over the world. Watching of pornography adds no value especially to the children, because this can be lead to rapes, adultery, sexual molestation and other illicit acts. Children from the United States of America spend most of their time watching television. The act against violence project, state that an average children use two to four hours per day...
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...reflect gendered biases. Lucinda Marshall further critiques the focused chastisement of women victimizers in Abu Ghraib that ignored, say, a superior commander's’ influence, and that used examples of such women to argue that women should not be in the military at all. She illuminates the disturbing link between violence and pornography, noting that a picture’s being on a pornographic website does not preclude it from being abuse. She lists examples of sexual assault in the military, showing that it is not new or isolated to Abu Ghraib. Her most powerful statement is that “sexual abuse against men is considered torture; sexual abuse against women by men is business as usual” (55), calling upon feminists to redirect conversations to shed light on this contradiction and focus on the more common victims of sexual violence in war, the Iraqi women, whose rapes and sexual assaults are underreported because their...
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...risk factors — among them inherited tendencies, a traumatic childhood and other negative experiences — that interact and aggravate one another” (Strueber). Basically putting together this combination of likely explanations of aggression may let one see the whole picture of why people become so aggressive. The biology of the brain and aggression seek to be explained in two different ways, in terms of androgens which are male hormones and the level of serotonin in the brain. In general it is important to talk about aggression and understand its possible manifestations because aggression is important in human existence therefore being aware of its likely biological causes will help us understand better why there is a high rate of aggression, violence and suicide and make us perceive it from the biological aspect rather than from the cultural or the individual context. First of all, the first linkage to aggression is the level of androgen in the human’s body and it has been proven that the level of testosterone increases the level of aggression in a person. Male interactions are more emphasized because of the different levels of androgens in males which therefore show that “male sex hormones play a major role in aggressive behavior” (Rosenzweig). Within discussing the male sex hormones...
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