date rape

Examples of date rape in the following topics:

• Rape

  • Definitions of rape and consent have evolved over time.
  • Often, victims blame themselves for rape.
  • The medieval concept of rape did not allow for the possibility of being raped by one's husband.
  • Currently, the struggle continues with efforts to bring attention to date rape, which is embedded in the gendered expectation that women engage in sexual activity following a date with a man.
  • Conversations about date rape work to undo this social expectation and to reinforce the idea that consensual sex requires the explicit permission of both partners.

• Sexual Violence

  • The most commonly discussed form of sexual violence is rape.
  • Forms of sexual violence include: rape by strangers, marital rape, date rape, war rape, unwanted sexual harassment, demanding sexual favors, sexual abuse of children, sexual abuse of disabled individuals, forced marriage, child marriage, denial of the right to use contraception, denial of the right to take measures to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases, forced abortion, genital mutilation, forced circumcision, and forced prostitution.
  • This can be seen most clearly when considering war rape and prison rape.
  • War rape is the type of sexual pillaging that occurs in the aftermath of a war, typically characterized by the male soldiers of the victorious military raping the women of the towns they have just taken over.
  • Prison rape is the type of rape that is common (and seriously under reported) in prisons all over the world, including the United States, in which inmates will force sex upon one another as a demonstration of power.

• Women and Slavery

  • Southern rape laws embodied race-based double standards.
  • In the antebellum period, black men accused of rape were punished with death whereas white men could rape or sexually abuse female slaves without fear of punishment.
  • While free or white women could charge their perpetrators with rape, slave women had no legal recourse.

• Treatment of Slaves in the United States

  • Treatment of slaves was characterized by degradation, rape, brutality, and the lack of basic freedoms.
  • Whippings, executions, and rapes were commonplace, and slaves were usually denied educational opportunities, such as learning how to read or write.
  • Slave women in the United States were frequently subjected to rape and sexual abuse.
  • Sella Martin countered that the apparent contentment was merely a psychological reaction to the exceedingly dehumanizing brutality that some slaves experienced, such as witnessing their spouses sold at auction or seeing their daughters raped.

• Maturity Date

  • Maturity date refers to the final payment date of a loan or other financial instrument.
  • In finance, maturity date or redemption date, refers to the final payment date of a loan or other financial instrument, at which point the principal (and all remaining interest) is due to be paid.
  • The issuer has to repay the nominal amount on the maturity date.
  • In this case, the maturity date is the day when the bond is called.
  • Similarly, the maturity date, if applicable, is the date as the bond is redeemed.

• Justinian and Theodora

  • The end of the Western Empire is sometimes dated to 476, early in Zeno's reign, when the Germanic Roman general Odoacer deposed the titular Western Emperor Romulus Augustulus, but declined to replace him with another puppet.
  • She also expanded the rights of women in divorce and property ownership, instituted the death penalty for rape, forbade exposure of unwanted infants, gave mothers some guardianship rights over their children, and forbade the killing of a wife who committed adultery.

• The Establishment of the Roman Republic

  • Romans overthrew the unpopular king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus and established a republican form of government after the public outcry arose as a result of the rape of Lucretia.
  • During the night, Sextus entered her bedroom and raped her.

• Homework

  • According to a YWCA Rape Crisis Center newsletter, 75% of rape victims know their attackers.

• Violent Crime

  • With the exception of rape (which accounts for 6% of all reported violent crimes), males are the primary victims of all forms of violent crime.
  • The United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) counts five categories of crime as violent crimes: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.

• Mannerist Sculpture

  • Mannerist figural sculpture was marked by contorted, twisting poses, as best evidenced by Giambologna's Rape of the Sabine Women.