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This 5 page report discusses the issue of rape in modern society from the perspective of two writers, both women and both university professors. Helene Shugart asserts that asserts that that patriarchy is the theory and rape is the practice. Renee Heberle questions whether there is a fundamental fragileness in male dominance that has been obscured by the construction of a political strategy designed to call attention to women’s suffering and therefore, further reinforces the attitudes of masculine-based domination. Both opinions are disturbing and thought provoking. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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is still a horrific crime that expresses a fundamental attitude of dismissal of women and their status as fully human beings rather than some sort of "lesser" creature or thing
to be used. American society has advanced enough to have learned that rape is not the fault of the victim, regardless of any supposedly mitigating factors. Knowledge of the
widespread prevalence and significant mental health impact of adult sexual assault has burgeoned in the past two decades. With this increased knowledge has come awareness of the variability of victims
reactions to sexual assault. However, increased awareness has not lead to decreased attacks! It has also not lead to an eradication of self-blame or an easy ability to
report the crime and trust the judicial system to follow through on prosecution of the rapist. Helene Shugart (1994), a communications professor at
Ohio State University, discusses the ways in which rape or the threat of rape oppresses women theoretically and practically in her article titled "The Missing Text: Rape and Womens
Sexuality." Shugart talks of the primitive humans and the "first rape." Her theory is that the first rape may have been an unexpected battle but all rapes since then
have been planned. She asserts that that patriarchy is the theory and rape is the practice. Renee Heberle (1996), a political science
professor at SUNY-Potsdam, examines the social impact of the strategy of "speaking out" about sexual violence to transform the mentality and attitudes of the rape "culture." She presents a
theory that notes the incongruity that womens identification as victims in the public sphere also supports or re-enforces the gendered norms that enable the victimization of women. Her opinion
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