Essays Tagged: "rape"

...://law.anu.edu.au/criminet/trape.html#E11E10 Burgess-Jackson, K., (1996). Rape: A Philosophical Investigation. Dartmouth Publishing Company Ltd., Brookfield, Vermont, USA 05036 Chappel... report of Violence, Victorian Community Council against Violence, Melbourne Tempkin, J., (1987). Rape and the Legal Process. Sweet and Maxwell Ltd., London Walker, J., (1994... the framework of Australian publications and data, sexual assault will also cover rape in this paper. However, where necessary (and possible), I will differentiate between...

... submissive beings. Constantly threatened and harmed by the acts of violence and rape that are culture undoubtedly minimizes as ok. The poem directly portrays exactly... women fear, and/or experience on a daily basis. Women are beaten, raped, molested, and harmed by strangers, loved ones, fathers, brothers, boyfriends, uncles, and..., relationship problems, and physical health (Bergon, 1998). It's bad enough that rape and sexual abuse happens to women all around the world. However, it...

..., the Japanese army invaded the then Chinese capital of Nanking. They systematically raped, tortured, and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians in a few... a dark chapter that stained its history". Reference Chang, Iris (1997), The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, BasicBooks, 225 pages... day deny the events ever occurred. Iris Chang, the author of The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, describes the silence...

... situation. Extreme depression is a symptom of the feelings of worthlessness a rape victim often experiences (Farrish, Kranhold 3). Eventually, these feelings integrate themselves into... virus (Farrish, Kranhold 4). This is the medical attention offered to every rape victim.         The emotional wounds received after these experiences are just as serious... that most women will never know the options available to the as rape victims. Women suffer horribly both mentally and physically when sexually assaulted. Without...

... victim's sexual history should be allowed in court under some circumstances. Rape shield laws do allow this type of testimony under some circumstances. Shared... committed by acquaintances. Some people believe women often falsely accuse men of raping them. If you think about this, the accuser must go through interviews... will probably be victims of this crime in their lifetime. This makes rape more common than heart attacks, left-handedness, or alcoholism. (Warshaw 1988) Also...

... just the lower class. People like Roger Crafts need to acknowledge that rape exists even in institutions with the highest educational standards. Without acknowledging the... various number of reasons. Fortunately, in recent years, the occurrences of violent rapes (those that are committed by unidentified men who forcibly attack women and... this growing problem, universities must begin to accept the fact that "date rape" is growing and must introduce programs to solve this disease. Unlike most...

..., or husbands, female degradation, as well as mental and physical battering through rape still exist at embarrassing levels. Acquaintance harassment and abuse, by far, is... since at least, the archaic times. While behaviors such as torture and rape are no longer socially acceptable or politically correct, they are still condoned... is: women stay in abusive intimate relationships even after their abuser has raped them once. Pressure so great, from those that women trust often leaves...

...'s repressed desires. Jordan further explains this concept as part of the "rape complex" claiming, "White women were, quite literally, the repositories of white civilization... book offers a different perspective on the emergence and popularity of the rape myth. Through a variety of historical accounts, Sommerville shows that placing the... to restrain their animalistic passions, these black brutes gratified their lust by raping...white women." (Sommerville, 223) It was not until after the civil war...

... sexually transmitted diseases or HIV. Some short-term emotional effects of marital rape include depression, post traumatic stress disorder, intense fear, shock, and suicidal ideation... tends to have long lasting consequences for women. Physical effects of marital rape may include bruising, torn muscles, fatigue, vomiting, injures to the vaginal and... are eliminated from your body with 72 hours. The most common date rape drugs are rohypnol and GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate).# These tablets are odorless, tasteless...

... an Atrocity. Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc, 2000. Yin, James. The Rape of Nanking: An Undeniable History in Photographs. Chicago, USA: Innovative Publishing Group.... [On-line] http://www.geocities.com/nankingatrocities/, 3 August 2000 Wikipedia. The Rape of Nanking. [On-line] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_of_nanking, 6 June... plundered conquered areas at will." . However, likewise in most war tales, the Rape of Nanking was also full of individual strength, endurance, and courage. "There...

... the type of coercion displayed by the rapist is unique. For example rapes by strangers more often employ verbal threats, physical violence, and weapons; consequently... at young women's minds. Hopefully proper knowledge and prevention of date rape will negate any future problems associated with its psychological unfourtunes. I hope..., nausea, blurred vision, and faintness persist. The harmful effects of the date rape drugs mentioned provide the audience with an understanding of what the victim...

... men reinforces this effect.         A strategy for eliminating women's vulnerability to rape involves altering the power relationship between women and men. Women's vulnerability... training and conditioning.         Frequently, women psychologically distance themselves from the issue of rape and from each other by adopting the attitude that, 'It can't... women. Women are expected to assume a subordinate relationship to men. Consequently, rape can be seen as a logical extension of the typical interactions between...

... had captured previously were killed. The single largest mass execution during the rape of Nanking probably took place near Mufu Mountain. The Japanese disarmed thousands...." Former Japanese veterans also claim that the army had officially outlawed the rape of enemy women. This however, did not stop the Japanese. The fact... that no one took the rule seriously. An old superstition was that raping virgins would make them more powerful in battle. Soldiers even wore amulets...

... afraid for Christine's life. On the one-year anniversary of her rape, Christine found herself gloomy and full of hate. She was not going... call her by name, but instead, "that's the girl who got raped." Deep down she wants to cry but miraculously keeps her head up... I tell the baby that their father is in prison for my rape? Sooner or later it has to be brought up to, they will...

... and Behaviors: Stephen T. Holmes, Ronald M. Holmes, Copyright 1988 Saje Publications Rape and Society: Patricia Searles, Ronald Berger, Copyright 1995 Westview Press Inc. Treatment... Rapist, this one will tear the clothes off of the victim. The rape can escalate into murder very easily either intentionally or unintentionally. The Power... of actual or threatened force, (Crooks and Baur, 548). Each state defines rape a little different, ranging from the violent assault by a stranger to...

... could draw sufficient improvements by "researching into the social contexts in which rape crimes occur and the social constructions associated with these contexts that clearly... during slavery, the legal system treated seriously only one racial combination of rape-fape involving a Black offender and a white victim. This selective recognition... dubious evidence, along with being given no legal counsel. To Wriggins the rape law is very unjust.         Both Estrich and Wriggens it would seem shared...

... accept them. Jacoby argues about where to place the actual blame on rape and to be realistically knowledgeable of the subject, both for males and... extra precaution when going to a party? Even though Paglia feels that rape is a terrible thing, she takes things the old fashion way. "Every... a woman's judgment, as Paglia represents. Even if Paglia feels that rape is an outrage, she is taking the approach that feminism can conquer...

... a felony of sexual assault that leaves the victim injured and traumatized. Rape is a misleading term which describes a serious crime. Also is misunderstood... have been reported to the police. 12% of victims did not report rape to police because they belived it was not important enough (National Woman.... Saying "NO" will not be enough to prove that you have been raped ("Sex Offenses"). The state must prove carnal knowledge, force, and lack of...

... the idea might be appealing as an overarching explanation for all wartime rape, it seems ludicrous when faced with the empirical, psychological, anthropological and physiological... section I will be critically assessing the essentialist reasoning for the mass rapes. The essentialist arguments focus on the difference between genders, exacerbated by wartime... for the state. The implications behind the competing explanations for the mass rapes were far reaching, with important bearings on competing conceptions of security, whether...

... Readings. The McGraw-Hill Companies: New York, 1997. Tucker, Christine. "General Date Rape Statistics." 04 Oct 2002. 08 Dec 2003. http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/article... they would think twice about doing it. Work Cited Page: Paglia, Camille. "Rape: A Bigger Danger than Feminists Know" 75 Readings. The McGraw-Hill Companies... being accountable. Many people believe that no matter what happens, in a rape situation, that the man is always responsible. This is more realistic than...