The Day I Lost My Innocence
10/15/2013
The Day I Lost My Innocence
Rough Draft Every two minutes, somewhere in the world, someone is sexually assaulted. Of these approximately 248,000 victims, about 87,000 were victims of completed rape, and 70,000 were victims of sexual assault. Up to 4,315 pregnancies may have resulted from these attacks. Calculations based on the (National Crime Victimization Survey). Rape is often misunderstood. For one reason rapist are usually portrayed as a stranger, his motivation is entirely sexual, and the victim is always a young and sexy female. The truth is not all rapes are the same. The victim doesn’t have to be a young beautiful Female, older woman, men and kids get raped to. The victims, rapists, and motivation can be very different depending on the one committing the crime. Date rape is a controversial and ambiguous crime. There has been much debate regarding the definition, prevalence, and importance of date rate in the past couples of years. This uncertainty is evident in the attitudes of date rape victims and offenders. Rape in marriages was only criminalized in the 1970’s. This is a reflection of the tolerance in our society towards rape in intimate relationships. Very few cases are even prosecuted in court.
On May 5th 2008, I LaMonica was a victim of rape, it’s very hard to talk about but I’ve told this story many times and have learned to deal with. I was 13 years old when someone who I looked up to as a big brother decided to take what belonged to me, not only did he take my virtue but I was scarred for life. I didn’t tell anyone for about 2 ½ months until I noticed something was going on with my body that I didn’t know how to respond to it. I went to my pediatrician who could tell by just looking at me that I was 4 weeks pregnant, that’s when the horrible truth came out that I was a victim of rape, it wasn’t easy discussing it with both my mother and pediatrician but I needed to because I was too young to handle it on my own. Today my
The Day I Lost My Innocence
Rough Draft Every two minutes, somewhere in the world, someone is sexually assaulted. Of these approximately 248,000 victims, about 87,000 were victims of completed rape, and 70,000 were victims of sexual assault. Up to 4,315 pregnancies may have resulted from these attacks. Calculations based on the (National Crime Victimization Survey). Rape is often misunderstood. For one reason rapist are usually portrayed as a stranger, his motivation is entirely sexual, and the victim is always a young and sexy female. The truth is not all rapes are the same. The victim doesn’t have to be a young beautiful Female, older woman, men and kids get raped to. The victims, rapists, and motivation can be very different depending on the one committing the crime. Date rape is a controversial and ambiguous crime. There has been much debate regarding the definition, prevalence, and importance of date rate in the past couples of years. This uncertainty is evident in the attitudes of date rape victims and offenders. Rape in marriages was only criminalized in the 1970’s. This is a reflection of the tolerance in our society towards rape in intimate relationships. Very few cases are even prosecuted in court.
On May 5th 2008, I LaMonica was a victim of rape, it’s very hard to talk about but I’ve told this story many times and have learned to deal with. I was 13 years old when someone who I looked up to as a big brother decided to take what belonged to me, not only did he take my virtue but I was scarred for life. I didn’t tell anyone for about 2 ½ months until I noticed something was going on with my body that I didn’t know how to respond to it. I went to my pediatrician who could tell by just looking at me that I was 4 weeks pregnant, that’s when the horrible truth came out that I was a victim of rape, it wasn’t easy discussing it with both my mother and pediatrician but I needed to because I was too young to handle it on my own. Today my