Religion And Rape

The main aim of this report is to determine the relationship between the victim’s religion and the chances that the victim will report the rape. In order to achieve this aim, the research proposal identifies the variables that should be measured. With the intention of operationalizing the issues presented by the research questions, it is important to identify the variables that will be measured, their classification and level of measurement of each variable. This will help ensure that the research questions are tackled thoroughly and in line with the research paper.

One of the variables that should be measured is the number of religious influencers in the life of the victim. The number of influencers in one’s life determines how dedicated

The religious activities include acts such as reading of the spiritual material, praying, participating and attending religious meetings and meditation. Frequent engagement in religious activities is a sign of the victims’ dedication and attachment to religion. Successful assessment of the influence of the victim’s religious affiliation would involve a determination of the victim’s engagement in religious activities since engagement and dedication in religious activities mean that religion plays an important role in the decision making of the victim on the right course of action. Often, the most religious persons prefer to keep quiet about a rape case because they prefer to remain the same in the presence of God, church authorities, friends, and families. Reporting a rape case would, however, change the way these people view the rape victim, as they would end up alienating her. Most rape victims, therefore, prefer keeping the incident to themselves with the aim of preserving their image and relationships with the members of their

For the victim to be a part of that denomination, they have to have gone through conversion processes or made a confession of their affiliation with the denomination. The requirements of the denomination in sexual purity influence the victim’s decision to report a rape case. For example, if the denomination condemns extramarital sexual activities and considers those who engage in it impure, the victim may opt to keep quiet about the rape incident in order to remain pure in the eyes of her fellow denomination members. The denomination may also have a structure of how one should handle rape cases thus influencing the victim’s decision to report the case.

A positive correlation exists between some of the variables and the strict sexual purity standards from religions. These variables include the religious affiliation, religious influencers, and regularity in religious activities. All these variables are causes of fear in the victims of rape. The sexual purity standards dictate that sex outside marriage makes one impure. Rape, therefore, equally makes the victims impure. The victims may be hesitant to inform anyone of their misfortune, thus not reporting the