Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The things add up to one bad situation

There are a lot of "symptoms" to a rape. There are many things that add up to a situation where a rape can occur. Taking a look at many sources that address rapes on college campuses, there are a l0t of numbers out there. The sources said that a lot of rapes occur either at college parties or even social dates where alcohol is involved. 90% of the victims know their assailant when the rape occurs. 60% of the rapes occur in the victim's own residence, while 31% occur in other living quarters. 10% of the rape cases took place in a fraternity or sorority class. So, the myth that a woman is walking down the street, and a stranger jumps out of the bushes is something that rarely happens. Or men will try to gain leverage and try to gain a girl's comfort before they take advantage of them. All-in-all 17.7 million American women have been victims of a rape sometime in their lifetime, and in half of those incidents, the women usually didn't report it because they didn't consider it a rape. So, with all these things and the numbers not on their side, any one of these locations, incidents, or people could add up to a rape.

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