Autumn+Rice


 * Hello, my name is Autumn Rice and a huge issue that our society has is rape. It happens everyday and to people of all different races, cultures, economic status', and ages. Rape happens to females more than men and if men think this is sexist and not true, look at the statistics. I am not saying that males do not get raped, but I do believe this is more so a female issue. Rape is hard to prosecute in the courtroom and is a common violation of the law that is not reported. Also, many share huge misconception when it comes to rape, seeing rape occuring more often by strangers. The ugly truth is, however, that the most common form of rape is that called acquaintance rape and more likely than not marital rape. Marital rape is an occurence that our country as long ignored as being wrong. In fact, North Carolina did not make marial rape illegal til 1993. Women were looked at as property to their husbands and therefore must please him whenever he wanted to be pleased. Acquaintance rape victims often are the ones who are least likely to report due to critizism from family, friends, and society as a whole. Rape victims are often re-victimized by society when they do come forward which is another factor on why rape is so underreported. Victim blaming plays a huge role in this. Our society has a long way to come and I think this is a huge and very important issue that we as a country must stop ignoreing and address.**