Accompanying the resurgence of popular ‘feminism’, the discussion of rape and sexual assault in places of work, education and duty have been brought to the table for awareness and reform. In many cases the justice system works against victims. Too many stories tell the events of detectives and district attorneys inappropriately favoring the accused and not attempting to investigate the claim of the victim. Further accounts of colleges and universities not complying with regulation to investigate all assault allegations and report felony charges to the police are prevailing as pressure by donors to maintain a pristine reputation dominates judgment. The term ‘rape’ is often substituted with the phrase, “It was a misunderstanding.” The crime
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The answer is they are almost completely unidentifiable. Many would think that high profile Ivy League institutions do not have the problem that other colleges have regarding sexual assault. Contrary to popular belief, Ivy league schools are not excluded from the sexual assault epidemic. Yale has a sexual assault rate of 34.6% and Harvard 29.2%. Both are above the national average (Perez- Pena 1). The most recent headline regarding campus rape involves a Yale athlete, basketball captain Jim Montague, who the university supported until the student body got involved and made the issue go viral. One can only wonder, how the situation may have proceeded if it had not been nationally publicized. Reading through the book Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, I noticed a pattern among the men who had committed the offenses— they all were college athletes. To say all college rapists are athletes or all male college athletes are rapists would be far from the truth. Statistically however one in three sexual assaults on campus is committed by college athletes. The same study shows that the white males formed only 3.3% of the study yet they represent 19% of the sexual offenders and 35% of domestic violence perpetrators (Bennedict, Crosset 1). Although, there are studies that exhibit multiple patterns, there is no typical rapist. Behavioral patterns are the only determinants of an
The answer is they are almost completely unidentifiable. Many would think that high profile Ivy League institutions do not have the problem that other colleges have regarding sexual assault. Contrary to popular belief, Ivy league schools are not excluded from the sexual assault epidemic. Yale has a sexual assault rate of 34.6% and Harvard 29.2%. Both are above the national average (Perez- Pena 1). The most recent headline regarding campus rape involves a Yale athlete, basketball captain Jim Montague, who the university supported until the student body got involved and made the issue go viral. One can only wonder, how the situation may have proceeded if it had not been nationally publicized. Reading through the book Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, I noticed a pattern among the men who had committed the offenses— they all were college athletes. To say all college rapists are athletes or all male college athletes are rapists would be far from the truth. Statistically however one in three sexual assaults on campus is committed by college athletes. The same study shows that the white males formed only 3.3% of the study yet they represent 19% of the sexual offenders and 35% of domestic violence perpetrators (Bennedict, Crosset 1). Although, there are studies that exhibit multiple patterns, there is no typical rapist. Behavioral patterns are the only determinants of an