THE EFFECTS OF RAPE ON YOUNG FEMALES

   The aim of this study is to look at the emotional effects of rape on both victim and attacker, then to look further and see how it causes a child victim to react in society as well as what caused the attacker to be as they are.  The problem is that many times the rapist gets off easy, as opposed to the victim, who may be scarred for life.  This causes the victim to be very unproductive in society.  The framework used in this study will try to outline all the facts, emotional views, and concerns that are associated with such effects.  Rapists are not really punished for their acts more than the victim is.  This study will attempt to answer two questions: why does it seem the victim is always the one on trial; and why does it seem the punishment for rape is not fitting to the crime, allowing the rapist to re-enter society once again to do the same thing.

Example 1:                 Human Communication Research

The impact of social issue television programming on the attitude toward rape

“A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of television movie about acquaintance rape on subsequent attitudes about rape. Afterward acceptance of rape myths and perceptions or rape as a social problem was measured (Article 23, Human Communication Research, Dec 1992 v19 n12 p179)”.

Example 2: Attitudes toward rape Victims: Effects of gender and professional status

            The study in this scholarly article was to examine the relationship of gender and professional status and the attitudes toward rape victims. The Attitudes Toward Rape Victims Scale was completed by 74 upper-class undergraduates (20 males, 54 females), 78 beginning graduate students in counseling (18 males, 60 females), and 45 mental professional (22 males, 23 females) (Article 1, Journal of interpersonal violence, Beverly Hills; Sep 1999; Bradley H. White; Sharon E. Robinson Kurpuis; v14).

Example 3:                                  Who rapes?

            The article gives you different people who are seen to be rapist. It gives you specific details about them. It is to give you an idea of who you should look for and even for those you may not even think of being (www.rape.com).

Example 4:                              Types of Rape

            “The best way to attempt to understand the causes of rape is to separate them (the types of rapes) into categories”. This helps to get a grip on the rape issue http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mecs99?typesofrape.html?mt brand=AOL_US

Example 5:                             Is Rape Biological?

            This helps to clear up any thoughts of rape being biological. Randy Thornhill is the evolutionary biologist and Craig Palmer evolutionary anthropologist brake it down into, how rape isn’t/is biological (members.aol.com/_ht_a/greenbuff/discussion.html?mt brand=AOL_US).

Example 6:                             Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

            This is the perfect example of some effects of rape. Tells you how long it takes to recover. Gives you the symptoms and how you should treat it. Overall it is an idea that you should know about how it came about from rape (www.hopeforhealing.org/ptsp.html).

Example 7:                             Sex Roles:  A Journal of Research

            “Researches have examined many underlying attitudes toward rape. This study compared observers’ attribution of guilt victims and their rapist. It also specified the trauma inflicted by either person psychological concomitants of rape victimization and compares the effects of information on both blame and expectation of recovery. Female victims were judged more harshly than the males. *Length of imprisonment considered appropriate for guilty assailants was greater when injury was done by one’s own gender (Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Article 18, June 1994 v30 n11-12 p 793 (16)”.

Example 8:                             Sex Roles: A Journal Research

            “An experiment was conducted to asses whether the judgmental affects evidence would vary as a function of type of rape”. It brakes down the effects of rape type and information admissibility on perception of rape victims (Sex Roles: A Journal Research, June 1994 V30 n11-12 p 81(12)”.

Example 9:                                         Flashbacks

            This tells you may have flashbacks of the incident. It tells you hoe to deal or try and understand to learn to deal with it. It offers some words of encouragement. This is from a survivor of rape (www.hopeofhealing.org/flashbacks.html).

Example10:                Why the male species is a natural born sexual predator?

            Gives you an idea of why men are most likely to commit this horrible crime. It discusses their attitudes and other attributes of why some are what they are said to be  www.sexualpredators.com

Example 11:               Knight Ridder/Tribune New Service, October 25, 2002 pK 3225

            A man was cleared of rape charges and then he proceeds to appeal the second conviction. This is to show you how the sentencing is done in a rape case and give you an idea of how police/the victim are portrayed in this particular case (http://web.infitrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/17/882/26650783w7/purl=rcl_STO_0_.).

Example 12:               Africa News Service, November 8, 2002 p1008311u7057

            This is the reality behind a child being raped. This shows you the emotional and physical ways of how they act. There are different types of theories and experiments that have been used to help explain why they are the way they are http://web7.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/17/882/26652783w7/purl=rcl_STO_0).

Tables and/or experiments that deal with rape victims.

Table ii. Perception means by type of rape and information admissibility

            The major purpose for this study was to assess the effects of various perceptions of rape victims. It is not clear as to were in the cases the perceptions of the probability of victim enjoyment, tend to be based on factors in the final decision-making (Lafree et al., 1985: Sanders, 1980). It has been said that there are a number of ways to further the research and extend it to the present, and directly stimulate an actual criminal trial.  The sexual history information group” could possible help clarify assessment of the inadmissible/admissible sexual history information.  This study could also show the effects of inadmissible victim sexual information on judgments of the defendant (appropriate sentencing, etc) it could be assessed.

Table II. Interaction of Observer Sex X Focus of Traumatic Stress on Gender for Recommended Prison Sentence (Months)

        This is how the different observers feel how each sex should be sentenced. It lets you know that the men are harder on the women than the men and vise versa. The women feel the men are to be locked up forever. This is a good way to show you how some of the attackers may be sentenced depending on who is on the jury and how the feel the degree of the crime is! It’s a good way to see how the different sexes see and agree on important things.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

        There are many theories that suggest that females are rapped because of what they have on or you have theories by Randy Thornhill, and Craig Palmer who say it is a part of man’s manhood to rape women. They Thornhill and Palmer, “that rape is natural and biological production of man’s evolutionary need to reproduce” (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/greenbuff?discussion.html?mtbrand=AOL_US). Thornhill and Palmer did their observation by watching the male scorpion fly.  Based on their observation that the male species will rape whenever their capacity to reproduce is questioned and that every man is a potential rapist. You can believe those theories if you like, but in the long run you will be sentenced in America for rape. When you engage in sexual intercourse with someone against their will (forcing and penetration needed), then you have just committed a crime.

            According to how bad the degree of the crime was you will be prosecuted to the full judgment of the law. As dealing with the rape victim the police tend to treat as the real enemy! Why because they haven’t been thought how to deal with the victims properly! Some are not allowed on these type cases because they actually have some compassion for the victim. While in the court of law the prosecutors will make the victim feel like they did wrong y confessing, but it is their job to try and make you brake down! Never let them take advantage of the fact that you might be scared.

            Children who have been raped tend to be distant and scared as they grow older. In some cases they are afraid of trusting males again. If the man penetrated the female hard enough he could cause her not to have children or he could give her some disease. There is no law to go with the theory made be Thornhill and Palmer that says it is ok for a man to rape a female to sow his royal oats!

            Police need to take classes on how to deal with rape victims. The courses they use to take are not in good standing with today’s modern citizens. Being hard and treating the victim like it was their fault will get you no where. That is why many times victims never report them and they then try and take matter in their own hands. So, it is to the police force to try and change (at least in this case) to prevent such situations (such as not reporting and taking matters in their own hands) from happening.

            Rape is serious matter and people/police should deal with as though it really is. It is not for anyone to judge the situation, but try and find a way to deal with it in a reasonable way. Grant you every thing won’t be pretty about what will take place, but  there is a certain tact on how to deal with the issue. Remember if you have not learned anything from this paper then know this, rape victims (most) never recover fully from the rape. Anytime you are a victim you will be treated like you are the attacker! Rapes occur no matter what you are wearing. It is not true that it is in a man’s biological genes to rape because of reproduction. Rape is serious and don’t think because they judge the victim harshly, you may not be but due trust  your punishment will occur in your sentencing.

REFERENCES

[Comments: Good, but short, introductory section. Remember to tie it into policing somehow. Note how I touched up some of the grammar and sentence construction above.  For example, you originally wrote "What I want to know in this paper" and I changed this to the research paper language of "This study will attempt to answer."]
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[Comments: Part 3 continued from part 2, and the tables you added could use some more comments written by you about them.]
[Comments: I added Part 4. Students have one last chance to update their overall paper before the last day of class, and I want your's to have a reference section.  Your URLs aren't recorded properly in your references cited in text, and the paper relies too much on examples and tables rather than your writing.]

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