Rape is Illegal no one should be forced into something without consent and be scarred for the rest of their life, leading into having body scars, being involved with laws, and lastly the effects of rape.Since Anderson was a child who experienced lots of things that affected her during high school, which that is why she wrote Speak. Even through her books mostly involve teen problems, it is a great first read. In Anderson’s Speak,she is giving a real life story about Melinda and she is having a horrible start and it gets worse from there. The combination of drama really represents this book. Comparing this book to rape is still a big deal and people are still not standing up and telling someone. If not, you will be under lots of stress and the attacker would go after that person again are the people. This problem will just keep on growing and spreading. Laurie Halse Anderson was born October 23, 1961 in Potsdam New York and currently lives in Mexico, New York. She was popular and still is.More books by her are coming out and the latest book that came out was in 2009, WinterGirls. Laurie Halse believes that with “Writing, the best part of writing is when the magic flows so strong and lose track of where and who I am”. All of her writing began from her experience at college, Laurie Halse Anderson was an exchange student in Denmark, graduated from Onodoga Community College in 1981, and then Georgetown University in 1984 with a degree of english and linguistics. Speak is a book that really summarizes what rape culture is and how it affects our culture because of what Melinda went through, since men think we are weak and we won’t tell the truth of what happened. Melinda was just a regular sixteen year old girl going to school but that all changed after what others have said about her.”I just need to hang on long enough for my new skin to graft...They are chewing me alive like an infestation of thoughts, shame, mistakes”. (pg. 125) Rape Culture affects our society for all people men and women, younger or older people and is spreading around the world.
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The definition for Rape is unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent(Dictionary.com).Women are the number one for the most rape cases around the world, unlike men who are less than ten percent. Rape usually happens because of jealousy or just the sexual attraction to someone but the victim not wanting to have any sexual interaction with that person. Females don 't want anyone to know what happened or what would have happened, so leading to not reporting these kinds of cases. There are many kinds of rapes but in Speak the rape that happened to Melinda the main character was in Statutory Rape which is when you are raped between the ages of sixteen through eighteen, and she was raped by a ex-friends boyfriend which was her friend.The other types of rapes that their is are Date Rape which is a rape that would happen at the relationship or date. Spousal Rape is when the husband or wife is raped by their spouse. Child Rape is when the guardian rapes the child between ages fourteen or younger. Gang Rape is when 3 or more people rape the victim, and the last rape that is really common is Statutory Rape is when those who are raped are between sixteen through eighteen(Opposing Viewpoints).Studies shows that most rapes are commonly found at Fraternities(EBSCOHost) Mostly the reason that some don’t know that they were raped until they wake up and find evidence. At college parties you are over two times more likely to get raped by someone slipping Rohypnol, a drug into your drink which would make you pass out and forget everything and even anything that happened to you(Opposing Viewpoints).The symptoms that are caused by Rohypnol have long and physical effects. The long term effects emotionally are shame, fear and rage. The physical effects are bleeding, soreness, broken bones, difficulty
The definition for Rape is unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent(Dictionary.com).Women are the number one for the most rape cases around the world, unlike men who are less than ten percent. Rape usually happens because of jealousy or just the sexual attraction to someone but the victim not wanting to have any sexual interaction with that person. Females don 't want anyone to know what happened or what would have happened, so leading to not reporting these kinds of cases. There are many kinds of rapes but in Speak the rape that happened to Melinda the main character was in Statutory Rape which is when you are raped between the ages of sixteen through eighteen, and she was raped by a ex-friends boyfriend which was her friend.The other types of rapes that their is are Date Rape which is a rape that would happen at the relationship or date. Spousal Rape is when the husband or wife is raped by their spouse. Child Rape is when the guardian rapes the child between ages fourteen or younger. Gang Rape is when 3 or more people rape the victim, and the last rape that is really common is Statutory Rape is when those who are raped are between sixteen through eighteen(Opposing Viewpoints).Studies shows that most rapes are commonly found at Fraternities(EBSCOHost) Mostly the reason that some don’t know that they were raped until they wake up and find evidence. At college parties you are over two times more likely to get raped by someone slipping Rohypnol, a drug into your drink which would make you pass out and forget everything and even anything that happened to you(Opposing Viewpoints).The symptoms that are caused by Rohypnol have long and physical effects. The long term effects emotionally are shame, fear and rage. The physical effects are bleeding, soreness, broken bones, difficulty