Rape. A heinous act of sexual assault performed by both men and women since the dawn of civilization. From be the Roman Empire or a remote village in Afghanistan, rape is rape. Rape is committed by people out of reasons which are really pompous. At this time I would like to quote Freda Adler, a criminologist and an educator. “Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.”
In today’s world, people are disgusted more by rape victims than rapists; and you know why? The answer is: stereotype and prejudices. People are so accustomed to believing that people get raped because their asking for it?! It’s pretty absurd for one to make such an accusation. Instead of blaming the victim, we should think for a moment about her life. She could be anyone! Your friend, a colleague or even a person from a backward class. Many people think that rape is an act of intercourse without consent; it’s not necessary that it be an intercourse. It can be anything. A simple act of sexual assault is rape when done without any consent.
Statistics state that crimes related to sexual assault have been on a rise exponentially. A United Nations statistical report compiled that more than 250,000 cases of rape or attempted rape has been recorded by the police. There has also been news about a 30 day old infant being raped. (It’s really unimaginable but it’s true)
Has humanity forgot being a human? We people sit at our homes continuously complaining that crimes are increasing but we won’t do anything. We need to change our attitude and our belief that women should change themselves to prevent getting raped. The problem is not with women, not with men, but our mind. You can't teach your sons not to rape. You need to teach your son's to respect womankind from a very young age so that it feeds into their mind very clearly when they reach a appropriate age. But does our so called “moral values” allows us to teach our children about sexual crimes? No. We need to step out of our conservative ideas about crime and spread awareness about the truth which is un-fabricated.
Lastly, I’d like to say that we people need the will to accept. Modern society accepts rapists as normal people who act as if they’ve done nothing. But as for rapists they are looked down upon as worthless people who did it for themselves because of their attitude. We can change this by helping those affected people because the victims are so in shock and trauma that they don’t even realize what had happened with them.
So I end by saying, rape can be prevented when we pause and go to the source and start right there.