Online Dating Website Summary

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Carmen de la Portilla
DeVry University

Source Summary Prewriting

Theme: Technology

Topic: Online Dating/ Online Predators/ Sex Offenders

Title: Reconsidering Match.com’s sex offender ban. What the title tells me about the point of view of the author is that the author feels that sex offenders should not be completely banned from dating websites.

Intended audience: I think the intended audience is all women anywhere especially in areas where sex offenders are registered. Also, I think this is intended for people on dating websites.

Writer background: Clark-Flory is a writer who focuses on sex, gender and relationships.

Writer’s angle: When talking about something serious like sex offenders and predators …show more content…

Part 2: The one-paragraph summary
Clark-Flory wants to clarify that she’s not asking women to date sex offenders by asking for people to reconsider the banning of sex offenders on Match.com. The point she wants to get across is that society has already made it difficult for them to reenter and have a normal life again. Some places go as far as restricting residences to sex offenders ultimately leaving them homeless. The issue as she sees it, is that all sex offenders who have paid their dues and served their time should be given a chance to have a life again.

Part 3: The multiple-paragraph summary The author begins one of her paragraphs with, “The main issue here, as far as I see it, is that sex offender registries clumsily lump together all sex crimes”. That is the big issue to her here. She isn’t against keeping the bad guys locked away and keeping the streets safe for all people, but she doesn’t feel that it is right to isolate ALL of them completely from society. “In recent years, a host of less extreme offenses have been included as grounds for registration: “voyeurism, public exposure, adultery, giving obscene material to a minor, displaying obscene material on a bumper sticker, and bestiality,” according to a report by the Vera Institute of Justice.” For Clark-Flory, it is unfortunate that all of the crimes …show more content…

People are quick to judge someone by the category they were placed under even if they shouldn’t be. In the article she states, “The state’s Registration Review Board found that just 5 percent of listed sex offenders were “clearly dangerous” and two-thirds posed a small risk.” That just goes to show you that not all under the category are there for the same reasons. It bothers her that sex offenders are also not given the opportunity to be taken off the registry which ultimately worsens their chances of returning to normal

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