Wednesday, September 19, 2012
IB 2 ! put this under my other one!
There are many problems and positions when you think about date rape. Date rape is something that happens everywhere but I am mainly focusing on date rape at ASU. We think that date rape is all bad and it always bad and has to be the guy’s fault, but it’s not true most the time. We always look at date rape as t had to of happened and that the girl would have never said yes, but what if the girls was to drunk to realize she did say yes. When we are drunk we don’t always remember everything so we automatically think he raped me, I would have never said yes. But most the time this isn’t true. Most the time we did say yes we just don’t remember. This is definitely an example of valiant behavior because when you date rape someone you hurt them emotionally. We don’t think that it can truly affect someone but it completely does. It makes women completely change who they are and how they act. Which is really sad when people are drunk and claim rape because that night they probably said yes, but now are saying no and so scared of everything. I think girls need to think more about when they claim rape, and accuse someone of something like that especially when they don’t remember. I agree with everyone and think date rape is not okay, but I know as a student at ASU that a lot of girls get upset with themselves for having sex with some random kid so they claim it was date rape and wasn’t okay. This is a very big topic and they are always two sides because some people say that even if your drunk its not okay to have sec with them, but how are girls suppose to know if we are to drunk that we are blacked out so we can’t have sex. A lot of girls even when blacked out can function fine and you would never think they were drunk. I think this is a big topic and we need to hear and see all point of views.
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I think you have some really valid points that the majority of date rapes are two sided. Claiming rape when it's not true is a really big deal. These men can go to jail for years wrongly accused or being just as responsible as the girl. I think we all agree that rape is a terrible act that should not be taken lightly. But I also believe that we should make men and women aware of the consequences of falsely accusing. I think warning men and women about the dangers of getting wasted an having sex with strangers in general would be very helpful.
ReplyDeleteI think your topic is too specific. I think you should try and broaden it to a national standing and try to research whether or not this is a national trend; as of now it would be extremely difficult to find evidence and facts about date rape solely at ASU. It is an admiral topic, it is definitely a wrong thing that happens but i think where you are heading now is limiting. I would try to distance yourself too from the topic; using "we" undermines your position and makes it hard for the reader to see it on a broader scale. Plus then you can't give enough credit with outside research because you have generalized it by placing yourself into the discussion. Hopefully my thoughts help.
ReplyDeleteOne topic I don't think I heard you mention was towards what people take the position think that date rape while mentally intoxicated is okay. Just as a thought, maybe there is a party that thinks it's okay for this to happen because guys and girls need to learn a lesson. But maybe that point of view doesn't actually exist. I also agree with Tayla, focussing on ASU could cause research troubles (this might have been mentioned in class). --Alex Chandler
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