Lastly, the legal drinking age should be raised due to the common occurrences of violence and sexual assault that are attributed to alcohol drinking. “Half of all sexual assault victims report that they were drinking alcohol at the time of the assault, with estimates ranging from 30 to 79 percent”().This places males and females that do not drink responsibly at a higher risk of being sexually assaulted. It is important to emphasize, however, that although a woman or man’s alcohol consumption may place her at increased risk of sexual assault, they are not responsible for the actions of the assault. The perpetrators are legally and morally responsible for their behavior” (2). Intoxicated women are frequent targets of sexual abuse. In addition