Every finger in the room is pointing at me.
I want to spit in their faces then I"m afraid of what that could bring.
I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert in my mouth.
Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now.
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets.
I've been looking for a savior between these sheets.
I've been raising up my hands drive another nail in.
Just what god needs another victim.
By: Tori Amos; professional musician and rape victim, founder of RAINN.
Acquaintance rape, which is also referred by some as "date rape" and "hidden rape," has been increasingly recognized as a real and relatively common problem within society. Even though awareness is increasing, I feel it is nowhere close to where it should be. A woman is raped every two minutes. It took me about eight minutes to write this page so far, which leaves 4 more victims of sexual assault to add to our statistics. It's absolutely disgusting how we have socially and legally ignored this problem.
Acquaintance rape is an epidemic leading to unneeded cases of people suffering from anorexia, bulimia, self injury, suicide, depression, PTSD, borderline personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, never feeling safe, being unable to trust anyone and having normal functioning relationships. Yet for some reason instead of the rate of rape going down, it is continuing to rise, just as the sun, everyday we wake.
It wasn't until the media started its infatuation with the issue of rape, such as the Mike Tyson/ Desiree Washington and William Kennedy Smith/ Patricia Bowman cases, did laws really begin change. Wide scaled television coverage delivered the issue of acquaintance rape into living rooms around the world. Then the horrendous story where sexual harassment, sexual coercion, and acquaintance rape of female Army recruits at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds and other military training facilities. All these women wanted was go out and defend their country, instead their lives were made a living hell, as they were terrorized by their very own peers.
The Myth about Acquaintance Rape What is acquaintance rape? ... Acquaintance rape is a form of sexual assault involving coercive sexual activities perpetrated by an acquaintance of the rape survivor. ... Why is acquaintance rape largely ignored? ... What are some of the other myths about acquaintance rape? ... Survey Stats there have been many cases of acquaintance rape. ...
Part "n" examines how the victim/perpetrator framework operates in a paradigmatic example of acquaintance rape on a college campus. ... Part "ni" then examines how the victim/perpetrator framework pervades extra legal responses to allegations of acquaintance rape on college campuses. ... "Femi-acquaintance rape" is defined as rape occurring between persons who are socially linked. Acquaintance rape is distinguished from "stranger rape," which Pillsbury defines as rape "where the victim and assaulter had little or no prior relationship." Though individual assaults might have characteristics of ...
Date and Acquaintance Rape Date rape and acquaintance rapes are forms of sexual assault. ... "Although the early and mid 1970's saw the emergence of education and mobilization to compact rape, it was not until the early 1980's that acquaintance rape began to assume a more distinct form in the public conscious... No one deserves to be raped. ... Women are often raped by typical acquaintances that resemble "common guys." ... "(2) "Although acquaintance rapes are the most likely to occur, they are most likely to be reported and the most difficult to prosecute...
The last time I had to debate an issue, it was on the subject of "Acquaintance Rape." My goal was to inform my audience that rape is most often committed, least reported, and least prosecuted serious crime in the United States. I also wanted to convey the fact that rape is an act of violence using sex as a weapon. ... Date rape is defined as nonconsensual sex between people who have a social or dating relationship. ... Unless sex is fully consensual for both parties, it can be classified as rape. ...
The fact that the miscommunication hypothesis is still held in somewhat high regard, though it has yet to really be proven, is indicative of society's attitude that date rape, or rape by an acquaintance, is somehow less serious than rape by a stranger. ... Gender roles are a big part of society's inability to perceive the forced act of sex by an acquaintance as actual rape. ... This may explain why date rape is not considered as serious an offense as the incidence of rape by a stranger. ... I believe this is a big contributor to the incidence of rape, both by strangers and acquain...
Here are some theories on rape and rapist mentality. ... The next types of rape theories are on acquaintance rapes. Some reasons of acquaintance rapes are she owes me, no doesn't really mean NO!!!... Even though stranger rapist are not as common as acquaintance rapes they are just as bad and may even be worse. ... The male role in rape is usually the rapist. ...
For some it may be easier to cope with the concept of "sexual assault" or hear the more lyrical "acquaintance rape". ... "Judging by news and entertainment media, the problems of date and acquaintance rape have reached crisis proportions in recent years. A search in the database Nexus turns up 54 mentions of date or acquaintance rape in the New York Times during the past two decades - nearly half of them in the last year. ... "Acquaintance rape, which is also referred to as "date rape" and "hidden rape" has been increasingly recognized as a real and relatively common problem in society." .....
What comes to your mind when you see the phrase "rape culture"? ... She encountered an acquaintance she knew through friends during the last "hoorah" between classmates before returning to their homes for the summer. ... She was raped by the fun, out-going, everybody gets along with frat boy. ... We are teaching women on how to not be raped rather than teaching men how to not rape. ... Another question we could ask ourselves is why do men rape? ...
Acquaintance Rape Robin Warshaw's text The Reality of Acquaintance Rape discusses how acquaintance rape has been increasingly accepted as a real and relative problem in today's society. Multiple different "organizations, counselors, and social researchers agree that acquaintance rape is the most prevalent rape crime today" (Warshaw 327). ... Acquaintance rape has become more prevalent on college campuses today than it has been in the past. ... Other factors such as coed dorms and unchecked curfews are believed to contribute to increasing cases of acquaintance rape. ... But more...