Seventy-eight percent of victims of women and twenty-two percent are men. Women who are raped before the age of eighteen are twice as likely to be raped again as adults. Victims are at greater risk of rape or sexual assault while intoxicated. ("Sexual Violence: Fact Sh... ... middle of paper ... ...apidly our world today. There are hundreds of places people may go and visit for help or more information about rape and sexual violence.
This shows that somehow throughout the trials 97 suspected rapists never spend a day in prison. A major problem stemming from this is that are are now 97 possible rapists let back into normal society. This could lead to more rape cases or lead more people to rape because they know they can get off without going to prison. Rape culture is also an event that is more prevalent in American society than one may think. An example of this is Robin Thicke’s chart to... ... middle of paper ... ...2014.
The chances are that you have come in contact with one of them (Liautaud). Not only are there thousands of reported victims, but also, sixty percent of rapes are not even reported to the police and fifteen out of sixteen rapists will never spend a day in jail (“Rape Abuse and Incest National Network”). Physical damage from rape often occurs in the form of bruises and cuts from the attacker as well as through sexually transmitted diseases. Mental damage however, is normally more substantial. Victims will often blame themselves for what happened (“James R. Snell Jr.”).
According to Backman, (p.54) nearly one in every four women are beaten or raped by a partner during adulthood. Three women are killed by a current or former intimate partner each day in America, on average women are at an increased risk of harm shortly after separation from an abusive partner. Children are particularly vulnerable as both victims and witnesses to domestic violence. Approximately 15.5 million children are exposed to domestic violence every year. Many victims do not seek protection from the authority because they are concerned that the court will not believe them .
The number of victims is shocking. Most rape victims know their rapist. There’s organizations reaching out to support rape victims. They suffer highly traumatic experience. In the 18th and 19th century, laws were being passed to help women bring their offenders to justice.
Forty-two percent of rape victims in the U.S are under the age of eighteen. Society puts out helpful tips in commercials, advertisements and websites with twenty-four seven hotlines, but still that is not powerful enough to actually stop the tragedies from happening constantly. Dates back to B.C times, rape was looked at as property damage for underage girls ,and women were labeled as adulteresses and thrown in the river as punishment. Even today in present time people do not receive prison time for sexual assault alone unless something else occurred such as murder. Rape needs to be taken more seriously and this issue needs to have more attention and time put into it.
To make matters worse, when prisoners are being abused by staff members, they face grave consequences and retaliation. Many inmates are nonviolent offenders and most are suffering from drug addiction, mental illness or crushing poverty. Prison rape should not be an unpreventable feature of incarceration. There are many problems that have arisen because of the prison rape crisis in America. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “prison and jail administrators reported 8,763 cases of alleged sexual abuse of inmates 2011, representing an increase of 4 percent from the 8,404 that were reported in 2010 and an 11 percent jump from the 7,855 reported in 2009.” Accusations of rape and sexual assault concerning inmates are steadily rising, and correctional officer... ... middle of paper ... ...g amongst the prisons in the United States, so are health issues.
Sexual Abuse against women Between 40 to 50 percent of women in European Union countries experience unwanted sexual advantages, physical contact or other forms of sexual abuse. Across Asia, studies suggest that in Japan, Malaysia, Philippines and South Korea show that 30 to 40 percent of women suffer sexual abuse. Up to 50 percent of sexual assaults are committed against girls under 16 worldwide. It was estimated that 150 million girls under the age of 18 suffered some form of sexual violence in year 2002 alone. Sexual Violence in conflict is a serious, present day atrocity affecting millions of people, primarily women and girls.
Most rape happens to female between the ages of 14 and 30. Rape culture is not something that can be ignored, it is a very serious issue that must be addressed. Women are not the only people getting raped however, ⅙ of all men are sexually assaulted in their lifetime. But due to masculinity and the patriarchy, men are afraid to come out and say they were raped. Only 6% of men have committed 5-6 rapes each (Rape Culture).
They feel ashamed, weak and at fault. An estimated 18 percent of women in the US reported being raped at least once in their lifetimes, according to a 2007 study cited by the Center for Research on Violence Against Women. For college women, the numbers are slightly higher: 1 out of 5 women report being raped during their college years (as cited in Lawyer, Resnick, Von Bakanic, Burkett, Kilpatrick, 2010, p. 453). To better contextualize those numbers let’s look at SF State. A little more than 17,000 women went to school here in 2013, according to the demographics listed on the SF State website.