Abstract Sexual assault occurs with alarming frequency on college campuses. This paper will research the topic of rape or specifically date rape. It will present the definition of rape and introduce the different types of rape. It will then explore the ramifications of date rape and the symptoms and side effects that may lead to emotional and behavioral issues. Next, it will present how the reality counseling theory would be most effective in treating rape victims and how this treatment can be applied.
The scene that strongly relates to this argument is that where Lavinia tries to sketch the incident of her rape, in order to inform Titus and Marcus of what has been done to her, and by whose “phallus”. The scene itself recapitulates Ovid’s Metamorphoses, while Shakespeare made sure to remove Lavinia’s hands in addition to the tongue. Act IV Scene I includes the use of many phalluses, which will be shown to refer to La Can’s On The Significance of the Phallus as well as Lavinia’s attempts to signify her rape which will be consistently related to Derrida’s Grammatology. Lamb’s point of view is that although the body of Lavinia has suffered greatly and that the loss of her tongue could have rendered her unable to tell and at least mimic the rape incident, she was able to describe what happened to her. “[The] incapacity suggested by the ‘broken body’ works not to characterize disability as corruption and degradation of the body” (Lamb, 47).
With this anecdote Staples grab the reader attention and curiosity to see why he uses these terms to describe the woman and what has happen between the two of them. Now having the reader’s attention, the story continues on to reveal that the woman is not the “victim” but that Brent Staples is the victim of prejudice. Now that the reader finds out that Brent Staples is the victim they are dragged into the mystery of why Staples portrays himself as a victim. Staples say he was “surprised, embarrassed, and dismayed all at once,” after encountering his first victim, who suspected him to be mugger or a rapist because “to her he was a broad six feet two inches with a bread and billowing hair”. He captured the reader’s emotions after the realization that he was not “distinguishable from the mugger” because the readers know that Staples was not going to cause no harm to the women.
Miranda forces her will upon Caliban, boisterously teaching “each hour/ One thing or other” to her obviously unwilling student, who wishes upon her “red plague” for making him learn her language (121). His attempted rape is no doubt caused by his own evil desires, but it is also indirectly provoked by Miranda, who although has “taught (him) language”, but his only “profit on’t / is (that he) know how to curse” (121). Hence, Caliban’s attempt “to violate (her) honour” can be rationally seen as an attempt to reverse the power dynamics – for rape is the most obvious physical manifestation of one’s urge to exert power
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult is about a young teenage girl that was date-raped, and that conflict led to a string of problems throughout the book. The novel had a great deal of sexual content, violence, language, and one of the main ideas fell back onto the piece of literature Dante’s Inferno, which talks about the 9 levels of hell. It was banned, not challenged, because of the unorthodox views that Picoult discusses for the duration of the novel. I believe that the book should be banned to a certain extent. It does have a very rich meaning behind the text that opens a conversation with adolescence about date-rape so, if anything, it should be banned against a younger crowd that wouldn’t understand the entire message the author is trying to portray.
Female rape would be conceptualized as acquaintance rape, also more frequently than male rape. Finally, the third hypothesis was that females will describe an acquaintance rape if asked to describe a male or female rape situation. Men however, will reproduce a stranger rape situation when asked to describe a male or female rape situation. To test these hypotheses the researchers asked 119 participants to describe a situation where a rape took place. They also informed the participant, by random assignment, whether the victim of rape of the situation was male or female.
Forcible rape is listed as a violent crime and categorized among Part 1 offenses due to its violent nature and seriousness. Forcible rape, as defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded (FBI.gov). Due to the seriousness of the crime, there are many myths and misconceptions that have been present in our society, some of which have been cultivated and passed along generations and others are created due to exaggeration by the media and the ‘tough on crime’ approach by the politicians. In this paper, I shall take into account ten years (2002-12) of data on forcible rape and analyze and explain the myths and realities of violent crimes with a focus on forcible rape.
The difference of the two must be discussed to give the readers a leeway about what the primary focus of the paper is: cyber-bullying. B. The story of Ryan Hannigan, a boy who killed himself due to cyber-bullying, is one of the main inspirations for this paper. C. This study will focus mainly on bullying with new age technological advancements and not on conventional bullying, which concerns that of actual physical and verbal abuse. D. The goal of this paper is not only to find out the effects of cyber-bullying on the victim, but also the effects to the bully himself.
Then it must be associated with the issue of rape. Feminist theory in this circumstance explains how the breakdown of a patriarchal society can cause or inflict rape in the family home and society (Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, 2009; Bssent & Watts, 2007). Overall rape is not just seen as a private family issue but a societal and worldwide issue. Rape can be defined in many ways, although the two main ways of defining rape is by using a dictionary definition or a legal definition. A dictionary refers to rape as being a ‘crime mainly committed by a male, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with them without consent’ (Simpson &Weiner, 2005).
The Psychosocial Approach to Sexual Abuse: Profiling the Sexual Predator Abstract Oftentimes, the public wants to know who sex offenders are or who potential sex offenders might be; based on certain personality characteristics, demographics, or other variables, perhaps because of their understandable desire to be able to spot these individuals and take protective measures. In fact, for those who are operating under myths or misperceptions about sex offenders and victimization, they may even believe that all sex offenders fit a certain profile that makes them easily identified. For example, you might remember the myth that the typical child molester is a dirty old man who hangs out at a park or playground waiting to lure a child away with candy. Or that the typical rapist is a masked knife wielding man lurking in a dark alley or hiding behind a bush waiting to jump out and grab an unsuspecting woman who is passing by. And for a variety of reasons, even some criminal justice professionals may seek to identify such a profile for sex offenders.