Not-Rape Epidemic

This week has been intense to say the least with discussing rape and sexual assault. The thing that troubled me the most was this concern of the “Not Rape Epidemic.” In this day and age, younger girls are dating older guys and when they have sexual intercourse then the man is committing rape. This is looked past when discussing rape. I think of rape as a someone forcing themselves upon another human being and then sexually assaulting them. Whether it is consensual or not the age requirement to have sex and it not be a crime, is 18. Unfortunately, there are stories of 12-17 old girls dating older guys and having sex with them because they are “dating.” Chapter 17 in Yes means Yes really opened my eyes to this issue. The author tells stories of her friends dating older guys. She is in middle school and her friends are dating guys that are seniors or older. On page 210 in chapter 17, the author says, “When I was twelve, my best friend met a guy and lied to him about her age...He eventually slept with her and took her virginity, even after figuring out how old she was. This disgusts me, but some people do it. Guys listen to girls about how old they are and then sleep with them. Then they play it off as if they didn't know they were younger and that excuses them from rapping them. Not-Rape is an epidemic and it is everywhere, especially in the modeling industry. Here is a quote from an article that discusses not rape within the industry, “I think I'd gone a week in Paris before I met an Arkansan, also 17, who'd dumped her boyfriend of several years to sleep with with a man old enough to be her father who happened to be the director of her (major, well-regarded) agency.” This instance was rape, even if the girl was willing and said it was consensual sex. For more on this article follow this link

Not Rape Epidemic

Rape is one thing that will never go away in the world....




Works Cited


Peterson, L. (n.d.) The not-rape epidemic. In Yes Means Yes (pp. 209-210) Retrieved from https://colstate.view.usg.edu/webct/urw/tp0.1c21194011/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct


T, A. (2008, December 28). "Not Rape Epidemic": The modeling industry is anything but immune. Retrieved from http://jezebel.com/5119469/not-rape-epidemic-the-modeling-industry-is-anything-but-immune