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Date Rape - College Paper

Date Rape

In an ideal world, all men would be caring , respectful, and protective. This
is not an ideal world; every woman has a responsibility to herself and to
understand the risks and to protect herself fagainst them (: The Danger
is Not From a Stranger 13). One of the biggest risks from a male to a female
is . is the crime in which the victim, most of them women,
is forced in to having sexual intercourse by someone they are familiar with (1).
1 in 4 women will be raped in their life time. This is a very scary, yet true
statistic. Women need to understand what is going on with the situation of date
rape, and be looked on less as the problem, so more women will come out and
report the ...

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up being passive and
"what you say goes" (Shuker-Haines and Stark 23) . This shouldn't be going on
in our society...not with the advancements we have made in our country.

It is sometimes said that the woman who was the victim of rape shared fault for
the rape for wearing a skirt too short, or maybe if she stops over at his house.
It shouldn't matter what women wear, or where they are. If a woman says no to
sexual activity, then everything should stop. There are also ways that men
"mis-interperate" things women say. For instance, when women say "no", they
mean "not yet...keep trying", or men think it is okay to be rough, as long as
there is no injury, or if the women agrees to kidding, necking, etc...then she
wants intercourse. Some men also look at women as "fair game" if the woman is
not a virgin. There seems to also be confusion whether rape was commited in
instances like when a sexually active couple had been drinking and the woman
says no to having sex, but is too ...

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Added: 3/15/2006 03:38:02 AM
Category: Legal Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 902
Pages: 4

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