The Statistical Errors of Date Rape
The Statistical Errors of Date Rape
There is nobody out in the world that likes rape, in any form, besides perhaps the rapist themselves, however, “rape” is a word that has been given a certain disgusting stigma in our society. What comes with that stigma in our society? Fear, misconception, panic, and the ability to draw accusations about those who are the victims and the ones who commit the heinous crime. Camille Paglia is a anti-feminist known for her views on how feminism has done nothing but weaken the women of today, but she has it correct when she states “Rape is an outrage that cannot be tolerated in civilized society”.1 Nobody would disagree with such a statement, but there are often many ways of looking at societies problems, there is usually no simple solution in existence. Paglia is a woman who thinks that men are nasty and brutish, and thinks that, “In groups, they are dangerous”.2 Taking on this view would slowly make a person believe that every man is a potential rapist and that vigilance should be constant among them. On the other hand on the views of date rape, there is the author Susan Jacoby, whose look at date rape is a little less gung-ho on the persecution of men. Jacoby feels that many instances of rape can be a miscommunication between the two people, or more, involved, “For the truth is that all of us, men and women, send and receive innumerable mixed signals in the course of our sexual lives”.3 These mixed up signals can lead to “date rape”, but a majority of situations are caused by the inability of the individual to take a no from a peer. Throughout the United States many polls of college rape are taken, so many that the information can often be misleading or hard to believe. The inaccuracy and accuracy of these polls is extremely important for people to truly grasp what is going on around them. Until the polls on date rape statistics increase in accuracy, society will not be able to find the means to stop or help prevent cases
There is nobody out in the world that likes rape, in any form, besides perhaps the rapist themselves, however, “rape” is a word that has been given a certain disgusting stigma in our society. What comes with that stigma in our society? Fear, misconception, panic, and the ability to draw accusations about those who are the victims and the ones who commit the heinous crime. Camille Paglia is a anti-feminist known for her views on how feminism has done nothing but weaken the women of today, but she has it correct when she states “Rape is an outrage that cannot be tolerated in civilized society”.1 Nobody would disagree with such a statement, but there are often many ways of looking at societies problems, there is usually no simple solution in existence. Paglia is a woman who thinks that men are nasty and brutish, and thinks that, “In groups, they are dangerous”.2 Taking on this view would slowly make a person believe that every man is a potential rapist and that vigilance should be constant among them. On the other hand on the views of date rape, there is the author Susan Jacoby, whose look at date rape is a little less gung-ho on the persecution of men. Jacoby feels that many instances of rape can be a miscommunication between the two people, or more, involved, “For the truth is that all of us, men and women, send and receive innumerable mixed signals in the course of our sexual lives”.3 These mixed up signals can lead to “date rape”, but a majority of situations are caused by the inability of the individual to take a no from a peer. Throughout the United States many polls of college rape are taken, so many that the information can often be misleading or hard to believe. The inaccuracy and accuracy of these polls is extremely important for people to truly grasp what is going on around them. Until the polls on date rape statistics increase in accuracy, society will not be able to find the means to stop or help prevent cases
Bibliography: Jacoby, Susan. "It 's a Jungle Out There," in Patterns for College Writing, A Rhetorical Reader and Guide. Boston, New York, Bedford/St. Martin 's, 2001. Boston, New York, Bedford/St. Martin 's, 2001.