Today we talked about mythology and age
difference among victims of rape. The class reading shows rape with victims
between the age of 12 and 18 is less likely to be charged than forcible incidents.
The class member said the younger the victims and the rapist, the less likely
the incident is to be charged or convicted because police would think they are
young and inexperienced and let them get away; it’s considered less severe than
rape between adults. On the other hand, children don’t report if incidents
happened. Children are taught what sex is and how to commit sexual activities,
and their parents are ok with it. In my view, it’s not safe for children or
young adults to commit sexual intercourse even when they know what it is;
because these kids are inexperienced with risks such as sex disease and rape. A
12 year old young girl is less likely to immediately report a forceful incident
between her and her boyfriend than woman above that age. If parents are going
to tell children about anything about sex, they should also teach them about
how to prevent rape or sex disease; above all parents should teach their
children how to interact with friends of different gender in order to prevent
violence brought by miscommunication. Children or teenagers should know that
they can report a rape even though they are kids; they need to be aware about
risks of rape at early age, so that they don’t want to get involved in too much
risky sexual activity.
Another interesting concept from our
discussion is men are never raped. This concept shows how people’s idea about
gender can alter their perception about rape. A man who is forced to commit
sexual act by a woman is also called rape. Yet every few Americans believe this
is authentic. Man is always stronger and more dominant than woman thus man
cannot be raped. Other issue are brought up or correlated with this concept. Like
for example, female rapists are more easily to get away with rape if reported
because police is going to think that the guy raped her, instead of the guy
being raped. This explains why there are so little reports about woman on man;
it is always man on woman.
Moreover, the in class discussion addressed
the nature of rape. The instructor suggested that rape is about violence and
control instead of sex. But legal system sees rape as a sex crime, sex crime always
blame man for being the perpetrator because the society perceives man as sexual
animal. But like I said in the previous blog, man is also human being who receives
social education and learns how to control themselves. Not all man wanted sex
as much as the rapist did, but society keeps tell men that they are sexual
beings. They perceive themselves as “the rapist” and lack of self-control. This
is how social construction shape gender roles. Women are victims because they
are weak and in control, they can never be “the rapist” because they don’t fit
into the gender role of a male rapist. As long as people perceive rapists as
man, they will allow woman who committed sex crimes to get away.
Lastly, the article shows that white people
are more likely to be perpetrated than other race. I think race or racism also
contributes to the issue of sexual assault. I read an article before; it says
the reason white people are discriminating against black because society
practically perceives white people as the good person, but black people as the
criminal. Media too constantly portrays black people as the criminal or bad
guy. I think because white people are perceived by the society as the good guy,
it increases their victimization and or their probability to get raped.
Oppositely, because black are perceived more dangerous, offender are less
likely to go after a black victim than a white victim.
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