College Women Stop Getting Drunk and College Men Stop Drinking

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Sexual assault encompasses the criminal act of rape; however it seems as if many relative cases spawn from various alcohol encounters. In Emily Yoffe’s article “College Women Stop Getting Drunk,” she links both victim and perpetrator to alcohol. How can this cause be changed?

Performing rape accidentally, or knowingly I do agree with Yoffe’s statement “Let’s be totally clear: Perpetrators are the ones responsible for committing their crimes.” In Yoffe’s article she covers both the perpetrator as well as the victim, though spending more time on the latter. I feel that perhaps an understanding of whether it really is a majority rule, where rapists are surveying the streets preying on unsuspecting women. According to Amanda Hess’s Article “To prevent Rape on College Campuses, Focus on the Rapist, Not the Victim”, rapist drink, so they can find their next victim! After all wherever one person can get drunk another can join in as well.

I may be a guy, but doesn’t girls night out usually mean a “bunch of friends” not just a single girl on a barstool after her boyfriend dumped her? Apparently human beings have gone so far off the margin that nobody has friends anymore. Yoffe’s article states that some of the victim’s friends watched her stumble out of the bar. I thought a friend, would watch over a person that incapable of handling themselves, apparently I’m wrong. I learned Friends are there to help and support you, not laugh at a drunk you as you leave the bar.

Hess states that “Drinking is a social problem, not a self-help issue.” I can agree with the first part of this statement, and drinking being a social problem, however going back to Yoffe,

She states something along the lines of understanding limits and that a fe...

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...s a useful survival skill. Try to group with people you know, and ask your friends for help, that’s what they’re there for.

Works Cited

Friedman, Ann. "College Men: Stop Getting Drunk." The Cut. The Cut, 16 Oct. 2013. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. .

Hess, Amanda. "To Prevent Rape on College Campuses, Focus on the Rapists, Not the Victims." Slate Magazine. Slate Magazine, 16 Oct. 2013. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. .

Yoffe, Emily. "The Best Rape Prevention: Tell College Women to Stop Getting So Wasted." Slate Magazine. Slate Magazine, 15 Oct. 2013. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. .

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