Rape Untold Facts

The Untold Facts About Rape

Rape culture is an unnoticed problem in today’s society, and is much larger than most people think. American society allows for victims to be unjustly blamed, and the statistics are shocking. One in four women and one in six men will be sexualy assaulted in their lifetime. On a darker note, one and every seven victims of sexual assault is under the age of six. Rape is an unjust situation that needs to be resolved. One way to solve this problem is to teach society that rape is wrong.

Rape society has made degrading jokes about women’s bodies are common. For rape culture to end, degrading jokes have to be removed from society. One article says, “On Facebook there is a group called ‘Overheard at Guelph” devoted to ‘overheard conversations around campus’.... On 13 March 2012, a student put up a chant overheard while on the late night public bus… about rape: I wish all the women /Were statues of Venus /Cuz then they’d have no arms/ To push away my [private part]”(Bretez 18-19)This is an example of the extents of downgrading humor. It shows that many people think that lowering women to objects is something to laugh at, and it makes these jokes commonplace. America has to teach the younger generation that women are not objects, and that downgrading jokes are

harmful.
Another way to stop society from allowing people to think rape is acceptable is to stop blaming rape victims.

One quote that supports this is, “Victim-blaming attitudes marginalize the victim/survivor and make it harder to come forward and report the abuse….Victim-blaming attitudes also reinforce what the abuser has been saying all along; that it is the victim’s fault this is happening”(Southern Connecticut State University 1). By accusing victims, the perpetrators avoid punishment because society tells victims to fix the problem by themselves, even though it was not the victims offence in the beginning. A way to fix this, is to punish violators and to cease blaming the

innocents.
One last thing that must be terminated to destroy rape culture, is to stop stereotyping. Rape does not only happen to women and is not only committed by men. One article states, “...among the relatively small group of perpetrators, more than half were repeat offenders, averaging nearly six rapes each”(Gray 23). This shows that it is only a meager group of men that commit rape, and that not every man has aggressive and rape-like tendencies. In addition, one article states,“Current statistics indicate that one in six men are sexually assaulted in their lifetime. Sexual assault of men is thought to be greatly under-reported,”(Southern Connecticut State University 1). This explains proves that men can be raped too. In conclusion, society must stop stereotyping men and women.
In conclusion, rape is highly ignored and only beginning to get better. People must come together and fix the problems laced within American culture and society. Every solution presented in this passage can help fight against rape culture. If the issue of rape culture is not addressed, then 1-4 women and 1-6 men will continue to be sexually assaulted every single day without the perpetrator being confronted.