Research Proposal

Intro-

Rape and Rape Culture, while widely ignored, are a huge part of the normal everyday society that we are all a part of.  Today in the US many women and men are raped and sexually abused and we hear very little about it.  Very few rapists are tired for these crimes because the victims sometimes are more shamed then the guilty offender. This paper will look at the effects of the acceptance of rape culture and the stereotypes and stigmas surrounding it. What is rape culture and what does that look like in today society? How are the accused and how are the victims treated? How does the media depict and treat the victims?

Review of Literature- 

Mccaughey, Martha, and Neal King. "Rape Education Videos: Presenting Mean Women Instead of Dangerous Men." Teaching Sociology 23.4 (1995): 374. JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.

This paper written by Mccaughey and King, are one example of the use of images to make people aware of Rape. One of the main points the team makes is that women are just a capable of rape and sexual assault  as men are. As well as, that rape education that is normally taught just continues to create a male fantasy of the submissive female.  They state "We argue that these "dangerous men" videos inadvertently perpetrate the very myths that support rape culture because they refuse to offer a fantasy of women's resistance." I will use this source not only to back up my argument of how women can be rapists, but also that media today is a huge example of how we live surrounded by rape culture. 

Carolyn Gage, ", Off Our Backs,  22.1, 1992: When will it end? (January 1992), 6-7, 9. JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.

This small facts article, written by Carolyn Gage, is written to share information about a women's rape museum and the history of women's rape.  The paragraphs are divided in to sections, explaining different displays that would be found there. Gage shares lots of her opinions about rape throughout this article. It is clear that she feels very strongly on this matter and would want to get information out there for the public. I would use this source as a example of how little the average person knows and how many people are fighting for them to know more. As well as a database in itself when looking where she got her information. Mostly looking at statistics.  

Gloria Cowan, Robin R. Campbell, "Rape Causal Attitudes among Adolescents", The Journal of Sex Research,  32.2 (1995): 145-153, JSTOR. Web.  27 January 2015.

This article is a great source of how rape is overlooked or ignored in today's society. Cowan says in her opening sentence "Rape and sexual violence are not rare experiences in the lives of young women; yet little is know about adolescents' beliefs about the causes of rape." She basically opens up her paper saying 'it happens all the time to young girls, but none of them know why'. I will use this artical to help back up one of my arguments in my paper. That rape should be more clearly talked about and people should understand why it is happening and that it is never their fault.

Bennett Capers, "Real Rape Too", California Law Review, 99. 5 (October 2011), 1259-1307, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.

In this source the main topic is male to male rape in prisons and outside of prison. The paper talks about the completely unknowable frequency of  prison rape, because of the men not wanting to step forward and admit that it happened to them. These men that don't come forward are afraid of being looked at as weak or homosexual or both. This stereotype revolves around any man who is sexually assaulted and I will use this source in my paper to prove that fact. Men should be able to step forward about their assault as much as women can

Susan Estrich, "Rape", The Yale Law Journal, 95.6 (May, 1986), 1087-1184, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
Estrich writes first hand what her experience with rape was. This is one of the most important articles I have. She wrote honestly about her experience especially after when she went to the police. This article focuses on the stereotypes sounding girls after they have been violated. It will be helpful to me have a first hand perspective of what that's like.Jennie Ruby, "It's Time to Stop Tolerating Rape", Off Our Backs, 32.9/10 (september-october 2002), 37-38, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
This article is a great example of the strong willed person speaking up for people who are taken advantage of. I will use this article to back up my arguments in my paper. To us the facts and words written by Ruby to make my arguments more believable. Michelle J. Anderson, "Diminishing the Legal Impact of Negative Social Attitudes Toward Acquaintance Rape Victims", New Criminal Law Review: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, 13.4 (Fall 2010), 644-664, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
In this article I learned about `how people are fight the negative attitudes towards rape victims. Anderson says "Rape law often condemns females who are not chaste and excuses males who act with sexual entitlement." This was very insightful for me because now I know how the system works and how rape victims are treated when being put through the system. I will also use this source to make my argument more reliable. 

David J. Giacopassi, Karen R. Wilkinson, "Rape and the Devalued Victim", Law and Human Behavior, 9.4 (Dec., 1985), 367-383, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
This article is about the effects of the victim after, and how people around them act towards them once they have found out. From this article I will get good insight about my topic and the laws surrounding it. I would also like to look at how those laws have changed the perspective of victims and how often rape occurs the more people notice it.

Sandesh Sivakumaran, "Male/Male Rape and the "Taint" of Homosexuality", Human Rights Quarterly, 27.4 (Nov., 2005), 1274-1306, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.

This article is important to me because it talks about how men don't want to talk about their rape even to tell the police. This is because of the stereotypes surrounding male-on-male rape, it is thought that the victim would be looked as weak or as gay. This article also brings up the topic of how gay men are then looked at. 

Alyn Pearson, "Rape Culture: It's all around us", Off Our Backs, 30.8 (august/september 2000), 12-14, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.

This artical is helpful because it examines how rape is really looked at in today's society. Pearson writes "Rape is the common cold of society. Although rape is much more serious then a cold, the symptoms are the same." This will be useful to me because this is extremely close to the main argument i will be supporting through out my paper.

Plan to Gather Information

Most of my really reliable and useful information i have already gathered. This information is mostly gathered from online data bases.  Although I plan to lean more about the laws surrounding rape and sexual harassment. Right now I have multiple sources and a variety of kinds. And continuing to find videos about people talking about this issue relating to news anchors and people of media.  

Project Timeline- 

For this paper I plan to be completed by the due date and following all due dates leading up to that. This coming week I am prepared to really find more articles and information about my topic. Soon after I will start forming my essay briefly. Putting my arguments together so the paper as a whole sounds right. After that I will start revising my paper and the ideas within it. Then I will be in one of the final creating step and completely wright the paper. Then finishing by revising again and again, until it is just the way I want it.

Works Cited-

1. Mccaughey, Martha, and Neal King. "Rape Education Videos: Presenting Mean Women Instead of Dangerous Men." Teaching Sociology 23.4 (1995): 374. JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
2. Carolyn Gage, "The Women's Rape MVSVEM", Off Our Backs, 22.1, 1992: When will it end? (january 1992), 6-7, 9 JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015. 
3. Gloria Cowan, Robin R. Campbell, "Rape Causal Attitudes among Adolescents", The Journal of Sex Research, 32.2 (1995), 145-153
4. Bennett Capers, "Real Rape Too", California Law Review, 99.5 (October 2011), 1259-1307,  JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
5. Susan Estrich, "Rape", The Yale Law Journal, 95.6 (May, 1986), 1087-1184, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
6. Jennie Ruby, "It's Time to Stop Tolerating Rape", Off Our Backs, 32.9/10 (september-october 2002), 37-38, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
7. Michelle J. Anderson, "Diminishing the Legal Impact of Negative Social Attitudes Toward Acquaintance Rape Victims", New Criminal Law Review: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, 13.4 (Fall 2010), 644-664, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
8. David J. Giacopassi, Karen R. Wilkinson, "Rape and the Devalued Victim", Law and Human Behavior, 9.4 (Dec., 1985), 367-383,  JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
9. Sandesh Sivakumaran "Male/Male Rape and the "Taint" of Homosexuality", Human Rights Quarterly, 27.4 (Nov., 2005), 1274-1306,  JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
10. Alyn Pearson, "Rape Culture: It's all around us", Off Our Backs, 30. 8 (august/september 2000), 12-14,  JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
11. Rachel Hall, ""It Can Happen to You": Rape Prevention in the Age of Risk Management", Hypatia, 19.3 (Summer, 2004), 1-19, JSTOR. Web. 27 January 2015.
12. Barnes, Brooks. "An Unblinking Look at Sexual Assaults on Campus." The New York Times. The New York Times, 25 Jan. 2015. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
13. Rainn, "Statistics Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network." Statistics | RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
14. "Top 10 Countries With Highest Rape Crime." WondersList. N.p., 02 Feb. 2014. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
15. "List: States Where Rape Is Most Common - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015
16.   Cohen, “A world of Rape” Chart http://www.economist.com/node/17900482. Google 2015, Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
17. “Date Rape Stats” Pie Chart. http://imgarcade.com/1/date-rape-statistics/. Google 2015. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
18.  “Rape Stats” Graph. http://almostdiamonds.blogspot.com/2009/06/us-rape-statistics.html. Google 2015. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
19.  “Everything you Need To Know About Rape”. Image. manoferrors.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/everything-you-need-to-know-about-rape/. Google 2015. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
20.  “97 out of 100 Rapists Receive No Punishment” Graph. rainn.org/news-room/97-of-every-100-rapists-receive-no-punishment. Google 2015. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.