November 07, 2009

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The Candidates’ Positions

Hillary Clinton
U.S. Senator from New York.

Barack Obama

U.S. Senator from Illinois.

John Edwards
Former U.S. Senator from North Carolina.

Mike Gravel
Former U.S. Senator (AK)

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Fast Facts

Among violent crimes against females in 2003, 38 percent were committed by a friend or acquaintance and 19 percent were committed by an intimate—a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend—of the victim.
During 1996, for every 1000 female college students, there were 19 completed rapes and 16 attempted rapes.
Sometimes rape involves more than one attacker. If there are three or more attackers, the crime is known as gang rape. About 8 percent of all rapes in the United States are gang rapes.
In a 1992 survey of American women aged eighteen and older, 13 percent of the respondents reported having been the victim of at least one rape, where rape was defined as unwelcome oral, anal or vaginal penetration achieved through the use or threat of force.

Rape

Rape is a serious crime in which one person has sexual intercourse with another without that person's consent. The use of this term was once limited to cases in which a man forced a woman to have sex with him. Today, however, the definition has been expanded to apply to both male and female victims. It also includes cases in which the rapist used threats or deception, rather than physical force, to get the victim to submit.

Rape Overview

Rape is an age-old crime that often merited severe punishment. Ancient Normans would cut off a rapist's testicles and gouge out his eyes. The laws of Rome and Saxony demanded the execution of rapists, and Hebrew law required that rapists be stoned to death. Ancient Hindus also sentenced rapists to…>> (read more)

Rape Points of View

4 Rape and Its Effects on Victims
5 Exaggerated Rape Statistics Cause Unnecessary Alarm
6 Defining and Studying Acquaintance Rape
7 Power Imbalances Between Men and Women Contribute to Rape
8 Evolutionary Basis of Rape
9 Rape Is Not a Natural Act
10 Pornography as a Cause of Rape
11 I Was Raped
12 Why I Refuse to Give Up Jogging After Dark
13 Beyond Broken Promises
14 Other Half of Silence
15 Urge to Hurt
16 How to Spot and Resist Acquaintance Rapists
17 Cyber-Rape: Responding to Online Sexual Violence

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