Patty Adamthwaite is the corporate controller for MD24 House Call located in Surprise, Arizona. She holds an active license to practice as a certified public accountant in Arizona. She graduated from the Arizona State University, Tempe Arizona with a Bachelors of Science, Accounting. She spent 5 years in the Phoenix tax practice of PriceWaterhouse Coopers (f.k.a Coopers & Lybrand) - and as an assistant corporate controller at Kaibab Industries,
Bennett Barbour: Sentenced for an Eyewitness Account On April 14, 1978, twenty-two year old Bennett Barbour was convicted of rape only due to an eyewitness account. On February 7, 1978, a nineteen year old college student of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, was sexually assaulted at gunpoint. She described her attacker as being a young, 22 to 24 years old, 5’6 tall and weighing in-between 140 to 150 pounds. The victim was told to pick from a series of pictures of those who look most like her attacker, eventually picking Barbour, whose picture had been in the database from an earlier petty charge, which led to his arrest on February 15, 1978, and eventual conviction on April 14, 1978.
Allison was raped by Beau Donaldson, he was a childhood friend of hers. She even referred to him as an older brother. Beau and Allison never showed any signs
In the article “Cole Case,” the author, Jena Williams writes about Timothy Cole, a falsely accused man charged with 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Known as the Texas Tech Rapes, four women were raped from 1984 to 1985. As police searched for the rapist, Cole ran into an undercover cop on campus and told her his name and where he lived. Although not suspected to be the rapist, police ran his license plates and discovered Cole recently filed it as being robbed. Claiming to help him by investigating the robbery, police took Cole’s photo and placed it in a lineup of other mug shots.
Allison Banze, is a second year student at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin. She is from Warrenton, MO and will be graduating this May. At Missouri Southern State University, she is involved in Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society and Alpha Chi Honor Society. She is also the Respiratory Therapy Club Vice-President, and in the Lamba Beta Honor Society for Respiratory Care. After graduation, Allison will be starting her career in the Respiratory Therapy field at MU 's University Hospital in Columbia.
Later, Briles recruited two of the players after they had already been kicked off the football team. There was evidence that Briles along with other members of the program let the teammates rape girls. They never disciplined, never told anyone, but the word got out. When a female athlete came up to Briles and mentioned that she had been raped by one of the football players Briles chose not to tell any of the higher-ups and to just let it go. The girl didn’t want to report it to the police so she only told Briles and her coach about the situation.
Growing up as a young black African-American girl in the rural south, Atlanta Georgia to be exact was not just southern peaches and cream, but more everyday trials and tribulations that built character. Marie Linnette Scott, born on 09/21/1930 at a healthy seven pounds, 2 ounces to the late Fannie Brown and Fredrick Brown. She was the second daughter of the family and the last child. Marie was the baby in the family and brought so much joy to her family. Having a father as a farmer and a mother as a housewife taught Marie to work hard and always keep up on household duties.
Imagine you're venturing into your freshman year of high school forever scarred by the tragedies that you experienced over the summer. You blame yourself for the loss or your innocents. You question whether the alcohol was a wise choice or if you led him on. You can't help but think if maybe you hadn't walked away from the party this would've never happened. You know you were raped but you don't know if it was your fault or his You're too afraid to speak up about what happened so you become the outcast hated by your former friends and disbanded from your former clique.
Just because she wasn't herself that night doesn’t give you the right to take advantage of her. In the article, "Getting to 'No' " by Susan Dominus talks about sexual assault and how it affects everyone. Although Dominus talks about her experience and others as well, but she lacks facts to back her up. Young women that are in college are sexual assaulted on campus. Susan Dominus is one of the victims, but she doesn't consider herself one.
The documentary, The Hunting Ground by Kirby Dick, was created specifically to spread awareness of the vast problem of sexual assault on college campuses and to attempt to show that the dilemma needs to be solved. The creator wants the viewer to know that the dilemma of these attacks that universities tried to hide in the dark is finally being given the spotlight they deserve. The spark of this idea for this documentary was the many stories of survivors across the nation from many universities, specifically the story of Annie and Andrea who helped other survivors get the justice they deserve. The film is intended for anyone who is unaware of the frequent and nationwide problem of sexual assault, specifically girls because sexual assault is
According to my analysis of current American legislation and policy on rape, we have a long way to go before victims are afforded adequate protections. Seeking justice and holding offenders responsible may be challenging for victims since they are frequently treated with skepticism and face an uphill struggle in court. The video effectively illustrates the disparity between the legal and social treatment of
Recent headlines have highlighted the fact that rape culture is prevalent in our society, most noticeably on college campuses. To understand why this is a social issue we first have to understand what rape culture entails. Rape culture is a set of assumptions that reinforces male sexual aggression and disregards violence against females (Hildebrand & Najdowski, 2015, p. 1062). Simplified, it is an environment where sexual violence is normalized and most of the time excused. One out of five females in the United States are sexually assaulted by a male at some point in their lifetime (Hildebrand & Najdowski, 2015, p. 1059) and college aged females are four times more likely to be a victim of rape than any other age group (Burnett et al.,
Another article found was about the TV series “13 reasons why.” “13 Reasons Why” is a TV series about a girl names Hannah Baker who makes 13 tapes for 13 individuals explaining why she committed suicide. In one of the tapes she explains a rape that had happened. The article, “How 13 Reasons Why depicts rape differently from other TV Shows,” by Ella Ceron. Ceron explains, “In two of the episodes, things escalate severely: She witnesses a friend, who is blackout drunk being raped at a party by a football player named Bryce.”
Although Theresa encourages expressing feelings, she understands the strength that it takes for a victim, including herself, to share their story with strangers and even their own families. "Some will not understand why I chose not to tell my parents immediately about the rape. Date rape was not a common term in the early 80's. Girls weren't educated on this in physical education class like they are now. There were no posters that read, 'Just say no"' (Flores 141).
Kirsten Amato Jamie Poole EH 102-121 October 8, 2014 Word Count: 798 Summarizing and Analyzing “What is Rape Culture” By BuzzFeed About two-thirds of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim. In “What is Rape Culture” by Heben Nigatu, Jessica Testa, and Ryan Broderick of the BuzzFeed staff, they dispute the major problems with what rape culture has become.
