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In Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo Beals describes her arduous battle for racial equality in the brutal town of Little Rock, Arkansas in the late 1950s. When she was only twelve years old, Melba survived attempted rape by a white man. Scared and confused, Melba went home and told her family. However, they instructed her to keep quiet about the abuse because they believed getting the police involved would only make things worse. Unfortunately, thousands of sexual assaults still go unreported for a myriad of reasons, including distrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system, the possibility that the abuser will not be punished, and victim blaming, a common occurrence in our society.
We are not our true selves. In fact, most of us don’t even realize this until much later in life when disaster strikes and we must face the harsh reality. We must face the harsh reality that for most of our life, we do not know who we are and we are not who we are meant to be. In reality, we are not the most-developed versions of our selves during times of joy and happiness. We are not our most-developed selves when everything seems to be falling into place and when all of our hard work is finally paying off.
"I Have the Right To" by Chessy Prout is a compelling memoir that sheds light on the issue of sexual assault and its aftermath. Chessy Prout, a survivor herself, recounts her personal journey with courage and resilience. This evaluation essay aims to discuss the positive aspects of the book, highlighting its empowering message, while also acknowledging its shortcomings, particularly in terms of depth and perspective. Despite its limitations, "I Have the Right To" succeeds in creating awareness, providing support, and inspiring victims of sexual assault to reclaim their voices and fight for justice.
Every sixty-eight seconds, an American is sexually assaulted, and it is stated that only twenty-five out of every one thousand perpetrators will see the consequences of their actions (RAINN). Now, imagine if the world was a place where victims felt as if they could speak up and receive proper assistance without question and judgment. Imagine if every sexual assault case concluded with justice for the victim. Laurie Halse Anderson tells her own story of sexual violence and the struggles of the aftermath through the eyes of high school freshman, Melinda Sordino, in her work Speak. Throughout the novel, Melinda internally fights with herself on who to protect, herself and other females around her, or her attacker’s reputation.
Per Reporter: According to documentation, Monica and Jay (maternal aunt & uncle) were granted temporary custody of Aubrey dated July 21, 2016. Aubrey visited with her father (Tyler) two separate times; both times returning home complaining of pain. On 10/16/17, Aubrey was seen at the clinic for painful urination. Although Aubrey had a normal urinalysis, she was treated for UTI.
When Tarana Burke visited Michigan State’s campus this past April, her message and story was not only informative, but also impactful. She was able to share her own personal stories and challenges in-regards to sexual assault and how we address it as a society. Burke began her speech by talking about the origin of the “Me too” movement. She stated that she grew up around a lot of activist in her family and started to be an activist at age 14. Originally “Me too” was a phrase that she created in correlation to her original organization that she stated called “Just be.”
Chapter eight of my book talks about Sexual Assault. Rap, sexual abuse and assault happens more than we think and not just among women, however, men as well. The odds are that the person who abuses you is likely someone that you know. Many sexual abuse cases involving children is unreported as a result of being scared, ashamed, guilt or threatened, same goes for being raped or attempted rapes. There are several myths about rap in the manner that women provoke or wanted to be raped, cry rap to take revenge, women wanted it since they did not resist and many more.
It took them a whole month before i could go before a judge. I was sitting in my cell waiting for the correctional officer to come get me. I was ready to be outside these damn walls. Being here for over a month was killing me, I was missing out on my money and I haven't been getting no pussy. I mean there was some correctional officers that liked fucking inmates, but I didn’t feel right stepping out on Carmen
For my civic engagement activity, I decided to participate in the October 29th “Carry That Weight Day of Action.” On this day, students of many universities across the United States took action to support survivors of sexual and domestic violence. This national day of action is inspired Emma Sulkowicz, who started carrying her dorm mattress around the Columbia University campus, and still continues to, until her rapist is expelled from Columbia University. Students of Columbia University followed in her footsteps as they carried their mattresses around campus to support Sulkowicz and her cause. Eventually, this trend spread to hundreds of colleges and high schools around the country in which they organized local events along with thousands of individuals participating on their own with one goal in common—to carry the weight together against sexual and domestic violence.
Amid the rocking success of Straight Outta Compton, decades old accusations of misogynistic abuse against the co-producer of the movie Dr. Dre aka Andre Young resurfaced again, for which Young has issued a formal apology. "Twenty-five years ago I was a young man drinking too much and in over my head with no real structure in my life. However, none of this is an excuse for what I did. I 've been married for 19 years and every day I 'm working to be a better man for my family, seeking guidance along the way. I 'm doing everything I can so I never resemble that man again," the former rapper told The New York Times.
What if you were in a relationship that had been going great, nothing but happiness, your partner gets a little jealous of other people who have some interest in you and they have their own opinion on what they think you should be doing? That’s usually normal and it might be cute and reassuring that they care about you and they just want you to be theirs. But what happens when they want something from you that you don’t feel comfortable with and they have no other way to force you to do something as small as what they want you to wear or to make you go to a new step in your relationship that you don’t agree with and might not be ready for? They might go to the point where the only option to get what they want is to hurt you.
I had one assault charge whenever I was really young, I got detained for a few days then went on my merry way home. About 7 years later, there's another assault charge put against me - whenever someone had spit on me (Hey! That's an assault on a minor!) , I had grabbed their throat and put it against a wall - then let go after realizing I just flipped shit. I already knew what was about to happen, I had dealt with police before but never had any charges.
I quickly finished tying my shoe and hopped onto my purple mountain bike and we were off. Logan my brother who I love sometimes,Cassie My best friend, Easton Cassie’s brother,Sawyer Cassie’s brother, Mr. Wychers and I were going to ride our bikes through a trail off in the woods and go to Whistle stop and then cut through town and head to Houseman's. The sky was cloudy and the daylight was being blocked by a thick dark cloud, which looked a lot like a rain cloud. We started to cut through a dead cornfield, lifeless tall brown and crusty plants sat in a single spot and as the soft wind blew the once luscious herbs. I felt the dead greens slap me in the leg and burrs got stuck to my pant leg.
“Sexual assault” was a phrase I had never heard of as a 7 year old. Sure I had heard of rape and the big S-word, but never had my ears been exposed to the word until the summer of 2005. My mother and father have never been “together” in my lifetime. I remember my mom being angry every time my father would come to pick me up.
I woke up terrified , those nightmares they keep happening. I was thinking to myself saying why haven't they went away. But suddenly my thoughts were disturbed by the yelling of my sister. I got out of bed and went down stairs where i had seen my sister jill making breakfast , she turned around and saw me , then she asked “ nightmares again ”. I answered “ yes ”.
