Rape awareness: Tools to keeping our kids safe from rapes in college
A growing concern in today’s society is rape on college campuses. This is a grotesque action that is happening way to often on college campuses. I’ve decided to research and write about this topic due to the fact that soon I will have nieces and nephew’s going off to college. The rise in sexual assault accusation and cases have risen in the media in the past year, it seems as if more and more we are finding out about assaults that are being reported on college campuses. Even some that are reported to campus police and nothing is done about it. Therefore we have to not only figure out how to reduce these things from happening but what we must do when they have happened.
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Ramson states “that sexual education training is crucial part as a prevention tool to sexual harassment”. Communication is a key feature to have with our students so we they may try more vigorously to help students prevent sexual assault. However it is my belif that as parents we also play a huge role in the knowledge that is absorb by our kid. Did we teach them enough a Bertram, Corrine C., and M. Sue Crowley. "Teaching About Sexual Violence In Higher Education." Frontiers: A Journal Of Women Studies 33.1 (2012): 63-82. Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 14 July 2016.
Rape “is a serious problem, sexual violence remains an unchallenged norm because cultural divide-and-conquer practices are easily effective when used against women of diverse backgrounds. We have attempted to identify five types of obstacles to change, to explain how they operate socially and pedagogically, and to offer responses to them. To alter the persistent reality of sexual violence, we must effectively challenge those obstacles; identify how divide-and-conquer strategies function to serve the status
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Fontenot. "Forced Sex, Alcohol Use, And Sexual Consent Among College Women...Proceedings Of The 2015 AWHONN Convention." JOGNN: Journal Of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing 44.(2015): S56-7 1p. CINAHL Complete. Web. 14 July 2016.
Fantasia view drugs and effecting the sexual assault percentage is a direct correlation to my research. She informs readers the tests were done by the center of Disease Control and Prevention. “The results were that forced sex was reported by 22% of participants. More than one half (59%) of participants reported alcohol use prior to sexual activity, and approximately 25% reported drinking two or three times per week. Women with greater awareness of sexual consent were significantly more likely to report a history of forced sex.”
My sources show that there is a serious problem in out college institutions today.. Rape culture is as bad now if not more than in the 70’s. However, now with the media we hear more and more about all the sexual assaults that happen in college campuses. We must do something and do it fast to save the kid of the future who will be off to college soon. Once a real punishment is distributed not only the assault but the abuse of alcohol on colleges campuses can we begin to pave a brighter future for the next college student
“Ruling Out Rape” by Lisa Wade, Brian Sweeney, Amelia Seraphia Derr, Michael A. Messner, and Carol Burke discusses the views of five experts about the factors involved in rape. One viewpoint reviews about college campus’ rapes and who are likely to do it. In addition, the viewpoints also includes that officials need to understand what are the factors involved in these rapes in order to create policies to contain sexual assaults. Wade also includes that rape is a culture that is not deemed as real rape as it is claim that women would falsely report being assaulted by a man. However, this also is partly due to campus policy as alcohol is one factor that can contribute to men committing sexual assault.
Mott, Meg. "What about prevention? Higher ed must adopt stronger policies and practices to prevent sexual assault." University Business Mar. 2014: 56. Academic OneFile. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.
Even though people have different opinions on sexual assault, sexual assault is a big issue on campus because alcohol plays a major role ,victim blaming, consequences of sexual assault, and
Sexual assault and rape on college campuses is a serious public issue. Before applying to these accredited institutions most students do not look up the school 's past records of sexual assault and rape on their campus.College campuses have failed to keep students safe the system they use has failed to protect and obtain justice for those that have been victims of sexual assault. Society plays a huge part in how young adults view sexual assault. From young age girls are told “if he’s bothering you it 's because he likes you”, and boys aren 't held accountable for their actions because “boys will be boys”. At what time does it stop being a game. At what age is it not acceptable for boys to mistreat girls, when is the line drawn and, what is the punishment for when this line is crossed.
When it comes to sexual assault on college campuses there is also the question of what can colleges do to decrease the amount of sexual assaults. Bradford Richardson and Jon A Shields wondered the same thing, so they conducted an ...
“I felt his hands start to move down towards my shorts as if he was trying to unbutton them or pull them off. I was still crying at this point and felt so scared that I couldn’t move” (Henneberger, 2012). These are words written by a college freshman after she had been raped, but they are true for many others as well. According to the Rape Crisis Center of Medina and Summit Counties, “every two minutes someone in the US is sexually assaulted” (Get the Facts). “Girls ages 16-19 are four times more likely than the than the general population to be victims of sexual assault” (Get the Facts). These women may be described as slut, cheap, or ready for action, rather than victim, sufferer, or survivor. Rape myths encourage these demeaning terms for women and conceal the reality of rape culture. I will describe the pervasiveness of sexual assault on college campuses as well as the systems and procedures in place to address it. Power plays a role in this issue, including the powerful men on campus such as athletes and fraternity members as well as the administrators in power who regulate the punishments and actions that are taken against the perpetrators. The influence of those in power often goes overlooked in our society because it has become so intertwined with our culture.
Rape is the most common violent crime on American college campuses. A numerous amount of issues dealing with sexual assaults has been caused by unsafe environments on college campuses. Over the past years there has been a
Rape is currently on the rise on American college campuses and it is the most common committed crime among college students today. In their time in college 1 out of every 5 women and 1 out of every 71 men will experience some form of sexual harassment as reported by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. These numbers are growing each year and have raised a lot of concern in the administrative level of higher education institutions. In an effort to try and prevent these occurrences universities have begun to implement mandatory curriculum to educate students on the subject and have even begun to hold campus wide events and create clubs to spread awareness and show support because of the repetitive nature of this crime. While it is good
Every semester, a student attending a college campus will have at some point experience some inappropriate, unwanted attention. There is always someone at school who tends to make someone uncomfortable, be it through eye contact, persistent advances, or just uncalled for innuendos. Of course, we do our best to ignore it, or to just report the bothersome activity, but that can only do so much without someone finding a way around such things. Someone is always going the extra mile to get what he or she wants, even if it’s at the expense of the victim. We can’t turn a blind eye on our friends, our family, or our associates in these dark, sexual assault situation. Campus sexual assault is a problem with plenty of factors regarding it.
To date, “between 10 to 40 percent of female students [. . .] have been raped while [. . .] up to 60 percent of males students [have] commit[ed] actions that meet the legal definition of sexual assault” (Bretz 19). This percentage demonstrates the ineffectiveness of university policies and signifies a drastic change to procedures is in order if educational institutions want to see improvement. In order to see an effective change, policies must “explicitly define key terms such as “‘consent’, ‘force’ [,]‘incapacity’ and cover [a] range of sexually violent behavior” (Gunraj 9). Furthermore, since the age of fourteen 58.7% of females “ha[ve] experienced one or more forms of victimization[. . .] 35.0% ha[ve] experienced at least one completed or attempted rape and 23.5% ha[ve] been raped” (Senn et. al. Results). First-year female students are not prepared for the perpetrators they will face on campus, and as a result, are more vulnerable to sexual violence. Universities need to develop effective policies and procedures to not only prepare women for the challenges they may face but to reduce the overall number of sexual assaults and make school a safer environment for
A survey from the Association of American Universities of 150,000 students found that more than one in four women experience sexual assault during their four years in college. Over the four year college period, 27.2% of female students are victims of unwanted sexual contact that ranges from touching to rape (6). Sexual assault is far too common and it is an epidemic that faces many students in college. Many students suffer from the consequences of sexual assault, which is a result of many social and cultural deficiencies, but it can be fixed through a multifaceted approach. The problem of sexual assault can be fixed through the education of the community, a positive and helpful school environment, and classes focused on prevention.
According to a statement addressing the sexual victimization of college women The Crime and Victimization in America states that, “ One out of four women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus.” This disturbing fact has not minimized throughout the years, instead it is continuing to worsen throughout college campuses. Sexual assault is not an act to be taken lightly. Society must stop pinpointing the individuals who commit these crimes one by one, but rather look at the problem as a whole and begin to understand the main cause of sexual assault and possible methods to reduce these acts of sexual coercion.
Since sexual assault is a big deal and very important and people need to be more aware about it and how young ladies are affected by it. Did you know, “The most recent reports show that 16 forcible sexual assaults were reported at Yale University in 2012, 13 such assaults at UConn and 12 at Connecticut College the same year? In 2011, Yale reported 18 forcible sexual assaults, UConn reported eight and Connecticut College reported four” (Yale, UConn and Connecticut College Have Most Sexual Assaults in State, Reports Show)? One of the reasons I support sexual assault getting noticed on college campuses is because every female or male should feel safe no matter what. If a female or male was sexually assaulted they should feel safe enough to go to someone and tell them what happen and
Crawford, E., O’Dougherty, W., & Birchmeier, Z. (2008). Drug-facilitated sexual assault: College women’s risk perception and behavioral choices. Journal of American College Health, 57(3). 261.
According to a 2012 poll by Robin Hattersley Gray, between 20 and 25 percent of women will experience a completed or attempted rape during their college career. Women are usually the most victimized of the student body at college. In most instances the women who are victimized are victimized by an intoxicated man who is out of control. In another poll from 2010, of the crimes that do happen at college about 50 percent of them took place in a dorm room, apartment, offices, and instructional areas. While many colleges have these areas secured, dorm room safety is something that has even our student on edge. When asking a faculty member of Clarendon College about the dorm room safety issue she said “I would not allow my daughter to go to college here.” If a faculty member doesn’t feel that the college is safe, then we as a college should probably change something. Also if many of the parents knew that the dorm rooms were not secured I’m sure there would be several complaints and possibly lawsuits complaining about the safety of their children. Although this is a problem, there is a possible solution to resolving the matter at