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Rape
Of all violent crimes, none has created such conflict in the legal system as rape. Rape is defined as “a crime, usually a felony, in which the criminal (male) compels a victim (female) to submit to penile- vaginal sexual intercourse against her will, with or without the use of force, fear, or fraud” (Gager and Schurr 2). “In her book The Politics of Rape, Diana Russell suggest that rape is actually not a deviant act but one that conforms to the qualities regarded as masculine in U. ... Therefore, this society needs to change how rape is viewed as masculine by removing the masculinity from the crime. ... When rapists receive parole they continue to rape until they have been caught again or until they have received some type of therapy to reduce their urges. For example, in 1980, Vincent Mark Santana, a repeat sex offender, was accused by multiple women of rape, sexual assault or robbery. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison for two convictions of robbery and two for rape. ... But I strongly believe that every court, not just a few, should enforce harsher punishment for anyone convicted of rape. ... By showing potential offenders that committing rape will in turn render them castrated they will be deterred from committing this act.
Approximate Word count = 1029
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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