Main Causes Of Date Rape

In the American society, we are seeing more and more of criminal situations being reported and defined as date rape.Date rape is a common problem facing women in today 's society. Date rape is a form of sexual violence and is not a woman 's fault if she happens to fall victim of date rape. The two forms of rape are acquaintance rape and the well known date rape. Date rape is wrong in all cultures. The main causes of date rape are drugs which come in different forms and have different names. There are many ways to prevent date rape; however, there are also ways to receive help if a woman fall victim to date rape.The major rape is "date rape" in which the victim and the assailant are acquainted in some way. When forced sex occurs between

Many campus parties are promoted by the fraternities of alcohol and drugs are always involved. Frat men can easily take advantage of women at these parties because the majority of people are under the influence of drugs. Men can easily slip something in the women 's drink or get her drugged to take advantage of her. Another example, is to become a victim of date rape is at clubs. Everybody goes to the club, there’s a lot of people drinking and getting drunk. When a man buys a woman a drink this is an easy scheme to simply slip something in her drink without her knowing. Once the woman is incapacitated she is than sexually assaulted. After being drugged the victim is left in a helpless or unconscious state, they cannot escape, resist, or call for help.The main causes of date rape are the drugs that are used to make the victims unconscious, helpless and resentful. Alcohol is often involved in date rapes. Drinking can loosen inhibitions, dull common sense, and for some people allow aggressive tendencies to surface. Drugs play a major role in date rape also. The three main date rape drugs are rohypnol, gamma-hydroxyl butyrate, and

Drugs like these can easily be mixed in drinks to make a person black out and forget things that happen.The first and most common drug is rohypnol but some people may know or refer to this drug as "roofies". Rohypnol is a strong sedative which is similar to the drug valium, but is ten times stronger than valium (Lyness). The pill is similar in shape, size, and color to aspirin. Rohypnol is a small white tablet that is single or cross-scored on one side and has the word "Roche" on the other side. It also has a circled numeral one or two on it. Rohypnol can easily be dissolved in juice, coffee, carbonated and alcoholic beverages. It is colorless, odorless, and tasteless when dissolved in any liquid. The effects of this drug are enhanced when mixed with alcohol. When rohypnol is mixed with a drink and drunk it causes sedation, loss of inhibitions, relaxation, blackouts and amnesia. It can also cause respiratory depression, coma, and even death. Also rohypnol causes disorientation or confused sense of time and place and it may relax muscles and motor performance suffers.It is also important to try to stay away from this drug because it will have a person sedated for a long time. The takes effect after about twenty to thirty minutes and effects may last as long as eight to twelve hours. As mentioned before, when combined with alcohol, rohypnol causes severe disorientation and the classic "blackouts" that it is known