{"id":1458,"date":"2020-05-02T18:13:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T22:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/the-dale\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2020-06-09T10:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T14:18:54","slug":"chapter-three-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/the-dale\/2020\/05\/02\/chapter-three-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter Three: Rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1421\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1421\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1421\" title=\"41bYQZNN43L. AC SY400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/the-dale\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/41bYQZNN43L._AC_SY400_-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"41bYQZNN43L. AC SY400\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>&#8220;Chapter Three: Rape&#8221;, Written by Adina Shahzad<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The following piece is from the third chapter of the book. &#8220;Realities of the 21st Century: Save The Soul&#8221;, that was written by Adina Shahzad. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>If you would like to order the book, use this link:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1653338601\/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=adina+shahzad&amp;qid=1578610758&amp;sr=8-2\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1653338601\/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=adina+shahzad&amp;qid=1578610758&amp;sr=8-2<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Now here is Chapter Three, Rape:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Rape. This four letter word has taken over the world. For some, it&#8217;s not such a big deal. I&#8217;ve seen people say that sexual assault isn&#8217;t a major problem. Well, I&#8217;m not sure if these people have hearts. According to The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, published in 2010, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men will experience rape, which they defined as &#8220;forced attempted or completed penetration.&#8221; Next, it is vital to note the rates of sexual violence other than rape. Other forms (being forced to penetrate another person, unwanted sexual contact, etc.) are said to be experienced by 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men sometime during their life. That is a huge amount. This means that every female has a 50% chance of experiencing rape or sexual violence in her life. Rape has become a culture of its own and the numbers will only get worse if no one takes action.<\/h4>\n<h4>While rape and sexual violence still remains a national problem in the US, it is even bigger in other countries. Why can&#8217;t women feel safe? I don&#8217;t understand. No matter how much technology has advanced, women still are insecure and often times considered lesser than men. What is the use of these advancements if we can&#8217;t fix a little thing? I was talking to a girl from New Delhi, India. She was telling me how I have so much freedom in America. I asked her what she meant because she didn&#8217;t even know me. She said that at least I could leave the house alone wearing jeans. That really hit me hard. She said that she had to cover herself completely and leave the house with an elder in India. I asked her why and she said that if she goes out alone, she would never make it back home.<\/h4>\n<h4>That was really disappointing to hear. I assured her that she&#8217;ll be fine and she should stay hopeful, but I understood that she was actually speaking the truth. I looked into the news of countries like India, Pakistan, and Syria. It was shocking to see how many brutal rape cases occur in these countries on a day to day basis. Even with stricter rape laws, things are not changing in many countries.\u00a0 The underlying reasoning behind this from a psychological perspective is simply that we don&#8217;t stop what we enjoy. Lao Tzu once said, &#8220;Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4>That sums it up. What&#8217;s next? Well, the right people will do the right thing regardless. Laws don&#8217;t affect everyone. Some people know what the difference is between right and wrong and those are the respected and successful ones. When we get into a habit of doing something immoral, we might acknowledge it, but still value\/practice it because it gives us pleasure. Try putting yourself in the situation of a young girl who can&#8217;t even walk out of her house or wear the clothes she wants to or make eye contact with a male without hesitation. The issue is bigger than it seems and the solution isn&#8217;t a law, but a shift in our thinking.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Thanks For Reading! Continue To Experience The Magic!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1139\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1139\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1139\" title=\"DN New Logo 2020 5\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/the-dale\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/DN-New-Logo-2020-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"DN New Logo 2020 5\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Dale News Team 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Chief Editor &amp; Correspondent, Isaiah Hilman-Smalls<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>== hilmin@farmingdale.edu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Faculty Advisor, Dr. Noel Holton Brathwaite<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>== brathwnh@farmingdale.edu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Chief Operating Officer &amp; Lead Journalist, Kaitlyn Hand<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>== handkk@farmingdale.edu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Radio Show Host &amp; Executive Reviewer, Matthew Martorana<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>== martmj5@farmingdale.edu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Executive Reporter, Dante Ciprano<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>== ciprdm3@farmingdale.edu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Lead Broadcaster, Adina Shahzhad<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>== shaha18@farmingdale.edu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Official Email<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>== dalenewsfsc@farmingdale.edu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Farmingdale State College Website<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>==\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmingdale.edu\/\">https:\/\/www.farmingdale.edu\/<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Instagram<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>==\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fsc_dalenews\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fsc_dalenews\/<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dale News Ultimate Mobile Link Experience<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>==\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bio.fm\/dalenewsfsc\">https:\/\/bio.fm\/dalenewsfsc<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following piece is from the third chapter of the book. &#8220;Realities of the 21st Century: Save The Soul&#8221;, that was written by Adina Shahzad. If you would like to order the book, use this link:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1653338601\/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=adina+shahzad&amp;qid=1578610758&amp;sr=8-2\u00a0 &nbsp; Now here is Chapter Three, Rape: Rape. This four letter word has taken over the world. 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