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History of Rape is a History of Race
The history of rape crosses ties with the history of slavery. The first slaves were brought in 1619 to Jamestown.Throughout the time of slavery, white slave owners could legally rape the enslaved women. After slavery was declared over in 1865, they used tactics such as rape and other forms of violence to stifle political and civil movements and terrorize the African American people. Please note that racism and sexual violence against people continue today. -
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History of Sexual Assault in Law
The very first laws regarding sexual assault considered sexual assault a property crime, with the male head of house or entire family as the victim, not just the victim. Eventually laws made rape of a child and marital rape illegal, North Carolina finally outlawed marital rape in 1991. (Rape has existed throughout time as seen in mythology from Ancient Greece, thus the 1800 is not the exact date) -
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Official Movement Against Sexual Abuse
The movement trying to reduce and stop sexual assault began in the 1970's and continues today. The first rape crisis centers in major cities occurred around 1972. -
College Campus and Sexual Assault
Title IX of 1972 requires college to handle sexual assault by preventing and fixing it. Title IX also requires the college to protect and help the victim. By law, Title IX also requires colleges to notify victims of their options and choices of support. However, colleges struggle as many victims do not feel that colleges will help and so they do not seek help, partly because of the fact that colleges can sometimes take four years to investigate. -
Rape Awareness Week to Rape Awareness Month
In hopes of combating sexual assault, organizations created Rape Awareness week in the early 1990s. As a result of the history of rape and the continued battle against it, Rape Awareness week became Sexual Assault Awareness month by the late 1990s in order to spread awareness and combat sexual assault. -
Standford Rape Case
Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious woman by a dumpster on January 18, 2015. Two bikers passing by approached. One chased down Turner, while the other attended to the unconscious woman. The victim had no memory and learned of the assault later. Turner ultimately stood trial for three felony accounts. March 2016, Turner's sentence of six months in jail caused outrage over the way law handles sexual assault and brought awareness to sexual assault and how the law and people handle it.
