Each day we hear more and more about individuals who were victims of sexual assault here in America, women in particular. We are in a climate where this worldwide misfortune is being confronted by media and society alike. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, while 1 in 71 men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. That is a huge difference. To only make matters worse over fifty percent attacks come from a significant other. Why is this so? The bigger question is; what exactly can we do to prevent these terrible incidents from happening as much as they do. The articles that I’ve come across helped me formulate the premise that a major thing that has to take place is accepting the action of speaking out as a responsibility, not a burden.
In, Damaging a Man’s Good Name Versus Damaging a Woman’s Life, Maya Salam applies how sexual assault accusations could destroy a man’s name. Salam adds “My family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed”. The article also shows how a woman life is affected after a sexual assault attack. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, revealed as she was assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s pick for Supreme Court, over 30 years ago, and how her life drastically changed after this incident. She experienced symptoms such as post-traumatic stress disorder, claustrophobia, anxiety, struggles with friendships, and her academic standings.
The author of this article establishes credibility by being the senior staff editor for the New York Times, as well as being an editor for Yahoo. This article focuses heavily on the effect of sexual assault accusations. As well as, how accusations affect the accused perpetrator and how a victim’s life could take a turn for the worst. This article serves as a sense to show what sexual attacks can do to a man or a woman, victim or perpetrator. This article plays with emotions, due to how woman are pretty much destroyed after an attack. I agree with some of what is being said in this article. I believe that being sexually assaulted, and having to deal with not really having a voice can be very hard for a victim. I do also agree that accusations on this such manner can ruin a man’s “good” name. I say this because if this man was to be found not guilty, his reputation would have already been thrown out the window. I really do agree that a woman that has been sexually assaulted has to live with that agony forever, and also it doesn’t just take on toll on her but family as well.
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In the article, “ 1 in 4 Women Experience Sexual Assault on Campus”, Peña expresses how much sexual assault actually happens on college campuses. 1 in 4 women are assaulted during their 4 years of college. Around 27.2% of college women who were seniors reported that they received some form of unwanted sexual contact. And almost half reported that they experienced some sort of penetration. This articles also speaks on how colleges need to “acknowledge, measure, and address the problem”. Also, many of these assault cases go unreported for various reasons. From victims feeling as if their case isn’t serious enough, or they just feel ashamed. This article also touches base with sexual assault statistics over the male population, transgender, and those who don’t identify.
This article speaks heavily over the statistics over sexual assault in women on college campuses, and that is issue needs to be addressed. The author of this article establishes some credibility because he has worked for the New York Times since 1992’ and he was featured on page 1. This article also serves a sense of great the issue of sexual assault is on college campuses. I think that this article is a serious eye-opener. Sexual assault happens way too frequently on college campuses. The statistics over this matter were way higher then I anticipated them to be. I think that college campuses should take more of an incitative on this matter, and do more to help prevent it. I believe that women shouldn’t be afraid to report these incidents. That’s because I think that women shouldn’t have to deal with the situation alone, and they should have someone they can talk to.
