Rape was the main topic in our class today, Wednesday November 10,2010. I feel very strongly about this topic and i feel like about of interesting points came up. Some people brought up the objective if women dress a certain way then they are somewhat asking to be raped. That is ridiculous, i feel as though women should be able to dress however they want. Men was not once mentioned in class. It was brought up that anyone can get raped no matter who you are or what you look like, which is true. But the situation about men and how they dress wasn't an issue.
I feel as though this has to be changed, and something should be done about it. I think that cops, and the legal system doesn't make anything easier. Towards the end of the class we touched briefly on how young girls may not want to tell they were raped when alcohol was involved because they are afraid they will receive an under age. I felt this was very necessary to the topic.
Police officers don't make it easy for someone to report a rape. Almost as if they are denying to them they've been raped. Like they are lying about the whole situation. I feel as though they should be more careful at what they say and try to comfort the victim. They make it seem as though it is the victims fault, when that is never the case. This is a reason why society will never stop doing what is being done and a change will not be made.
Something has to stop it, a change has to be made. Many people are truly affected and influenced by being raped and try to blame it on their selves, they aren't educated enough to know that it has nothing to do with it being their fault. IT IS NEVER THE VICTIMS FAULT.
Nikole Smith
This is a very sensitive topic to some becasue some have been through this and others have not. I'm glad that we talk about this in this course because it is a very important topic that we all should be aware about. Yes, there are common myths that if you dress a certain way, you are likely to get raped. I learned in class that day, that anyone can get raped no matter who you are or what you look like. I also agree with Nikole that something has to stop and needs to be done becasue this is getting out of hand. I think there should be classes that just teach rape so that everyone will be aware or it and some of these common myths can stop!
ReplyDeleteAliyah Drake