Monday, October 26, 2009

Gender and Victim


At a present time, I believe that women have an equal right with men in many terms, especially an opportunity to grow in their career. However, it is pity that there are still a lot of crimes related to sexual abuse. The most important reason why today crime rates related to sexual abuse (i.e., incest, prostitution, child molestation, and rape) are skyrocketing because of beliefs that support gender-related victimization

It is true that woman is weaker than man in way of physical, but I do not know why some people concern about this and take this point to commit a crime. There is news about sexual abuse almost every day in many countries around the world, much more in developing countries. The world has been kept developing but some people might forget to improve the level of morality in their mind. The world that our parents or last generation lived has now changed. It is not such a lovely place and easy to live anymore. I have frequently received the forward mailed about girls being raped and was recorded a video to black mail her later. I feel bad and depressed every time I know about this kind of story.

Most of victims are too awkward to report the police that they have been raped since they don’t want to be in public and it is too difficult to live in a society if other people know about this. This will make those bad guys become conceited and do not be afraid about what they do. Victims in western culture might be confident more to speak out and ask for their justice.

Numerous researches pointed out that many female victims were mostly abused by someone known such as cousins, or stepfather. It is, moreover, important to note that female victims are more likely to have long term effects from sexual abuse including mental, emotional, social, and physical problems. Also, many criminologists claimed that women who were sexually abused when they were young are more likely to commit a crime in the future. A good example for this theory is Aileen Wuornos case. She suffered from sexual abuse when she was young. As a result, when she grew up, she became a serial killer. Aileen Wuornos controversially claimed that the men she killed had raped her or were trying to do so. It is obvious that being a victim for sexual abuse has a big impact on her life.

I don’t know what will be the best solution for this problem but I think that the society should do something to solve this problem. The government should emphasize more on this kind of criminal justice and have a striker penalty of this sentence. Moreover, everyone in the society has to help each other improving the level of morality. This might have to foster our next generation since their childhood.

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