Rape and sexual assault affects all races, cultures, ages, and economic classes and are considered to be one of the most serious and violent crimes in the United States today. The United States has the highest rape rate among countries which report such statistics. It is four times higher than that of Germany, 13 times higher than that of England and 20 times higher than that of Japan. The startling fact is that rape and sexual assault are increasingly becoming the fastest growing violent crime in our nation. Due to the social stigma attached to this type of crime, many rape and sexual ass...

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One cannot understand the problematics of gender violence solely by referring to the relationship of power or authority between man and women. Rather one needs to consider the problem by relating it to the specific social formation. In this context, the role played by the state, both its coercive and ideological apparatus, is thus to be considered as well. In order to clarify our perspective on the problem, it is also important to note that violence against women is to be considered as being essentially related to the more general problems of women's oppression. So instead of conceptually...

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The female is, as it were, a mutilated a sort of natural deficiency. It is not appropriate in a female character to be manly or clever. The male is by nature superior and the female inferior." Introduction Domestic violence has been present in our society and an accepted practice of many cultures for hundreds of years. Up until the late 1800's, a man in this country had the right to chastise his wife until the practice was declared illegal in two states (Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Manual, p. ...

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