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. It is also an attempt to control and dominate the other's physical and emotional safety. Thus, it is not about simply letting ones sexual passions get out of control or is it about how a person looks. Date rape is defined as nonconsensual sex between people who have a social or dating relationship. This term was created to make people aware that rape is not only when a stranger attacks, but it can happen between two people who know each other. This type of attacker may be a friend, associate, classmate, neighbor or relative. In order to achieve the goal of informing my audience as to the serious of this topic, I researched the issue and presented some alarming statistics.
I feel that this argument was somewhat typical of my argument style, however I had to keep in mind the sensitivity of the subject matter. In light of this fact, my approach needed to be a little less adversarial. Typically, I would have been a little more competitive and confrontational. However, I decided to take the consensual approach in some areas such as trying to be both logical and emotional.
I feel that in this particular instance that gender and life experience has influenced my argument style. As a survivor of sexual abuse, I understand the confusion one experiences about whether or not he or she has consented to a sexual act. I also understand that in some instances the perpetrator often feels that he is "entitled" to sex. Both attitudes are incorrect. Unless sex is fully consensual for both parties, it can be classified as rape. Nothing ever gives you the right to force sex. It does not make you cool, powerful, smart or popular.
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. ...
Wide scaled television coverage delivered the issue of acquaintance rape into living rooms around the world. ... As these well-publicized events indicate, an increased awareness of sexual coercion and acquaintance rape has been accompanied by important legal decisions and changes in the legal definitions of rape. ... The problem is society is still, despite the violent nature of acquaintance rape, victim- blaming. "Blaming the victim" seems to be an all too common reaction to acquaintance rape. ... In the book Acquaintance Rape, there was an interview done with students between the grades of j...
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 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...
