Quinn Tucker
AP Gov.
Ms. Gordon
The Hunting Grounds
1) There are so many studies out there about how common rape is for women and college campuses. The even sadder part about these studies is that the victim is at an even higher chance of the assault to happen again. Sexual assault is obviously about the sexual aspect but rape is about so much more than an uncontrollable sexual desire. Rape is more about defeating someone, humiliating them, and dominating them. It’s a power struggle. These men who are raping women on college campuses are filling some sick hole within them that’s lacking a sense of power and control. To feel powerful these men take advantage of women. It's not the college’s fault the rape is happening however it is the college's fault that this has become an uncontrolled issue. Colleges don’t support victims and don’t handle sexual assault cases at all that’s their issue. The fact the rapes are happening is from a serious issue with the rapist.
2) Legal remedies to prevent these rapes would be to somehow encourage victims to step forward. The laws need to change so that more victims win cases and make victims feel like they can actually win cases. The perception of rape needs to change just as much as the laws but that’s another issue. There also needs to be legal safeguards in place to take down frats that have a systemic issue with rape. The greek system has a powerful influence on money in colleges and in government but they are a major piece to the rape culture.
3) When the students try to enforce their rights they are interrogated and the blame of the rape is placed on them. The focus is on their clothes and how much they had to drink not on the rapist. Usually their cases are ignored and brushed off by administration. If their cases are taken on the punishment for the rapist is minor and insignificant. No true legal action is often taken. The victim pretty much has no rights.
4) Title IX is defined as “a clause in the 1972 Education Act stating that no one shall because of sex be denied the benefits of any educational program of activity that receives direct federal aid
.A Title IX complaint is a document that details the ways in which you believe your college has violated Title IX. Sex discrimination includes sexual harassment, sexual battery, sexual assault, and rape that are “so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively bars the victim’s access to an educational opportunity or benefit.” Even a single instance of rape or sexual assault could meet this standard. Any student can file a complaint and the government is required to review it and they have been quite successful.
5) The colleges are mishandling these cases and we need to work to fix that but this is due to a much deeper societal issue. Women (not that men aren’t victims but I’m focusing on this right now) are seen as less than in our society in pretty much every way. The fact that regardless of alcohol men feel the urge to overtake these women is coming from a much deeper issue in our society. I think we really need to reconsider how we see men and women in our society and how we are raising our children if we want to solve this problem.
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