Date Rape

Essay by Anonymous UserHigh School, 12th gradeB, October 1996

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In an ideal world, all men would be caring , respectful, and protective. This

is not an ideal world; every woman has a responsibility to herself and to

understand the risks and to protect herself fagainst them (Date Rape: The Danger

is Not From a Stranger 13). One of the biggest risks from a male to a female is

date rape. Date rape is the crime in which the victim, most of them women, is

forced in to having sexual intercourse by someone they are familiar with (1). 1 in

4 women will be raped in their life time. This is a very scary, yet true statistic.

Women need to understand what is going on with the situation of date rape, and be

looked on less as the problem, so more women will come out and report the

incident. It is not in any way the woman's fault for being the victim of date rape,

but it is the fault of the rapist, and the rapist should pay the consequences.

The question might come up...why would a man force a woman to have sex, or

why would a woman doubt that it happened, or that she was forced? Well, there

are many reasons. A lot of these reasons having to do with how American kids are

raised. Boys are brought up thinking they are strong and aggressive, while on the

other hand, girls are brought up being passive and 'what you say goes' (Shuker-

Haines and Stark 23) . This shouldn't be going on in our society...not with the

advancements we have made in our country.

It is sometimes said that the woman who was the victim of rape shared fault

for the rape for wearing a skirt too short, or maybe if she stops over at his...