The bad effects of Rape 1

Rape is a form of sexual violence or assault that is rampant in the society today. It's antisocial because no society embraces rape. Even though in some certain regions or countries of the world, there are stringent and hard laws that guards against rape occurrence, yet statistics on rape keeps growing everyday.

Rape can only be narrowed to what part is needed to explain because the concept of what rape is, is very vast and wide because rape in contemporary times has been said to be something that could occur even between married people. Hence many believed that rape is a weapon for many reasons by offenders.

WHAT IS RAPE?

When talking about rape, people always tend to narrow their definition of the concept based on the feminine gender alone, however rape is something that can happen to anybody, both male and female. Some even believed animals can be raped. Rape can be defined as a form of sexual abuse whereby a person is forced into sexual activities or intercourse unwillingly. Such people are known as victims of rape, those that have been forced into the very bad act. Rape could stand or based on many conditions, such as unwillingness, forcefulness, sex with infants or those less than the age of consent.

Rape has many bad effects, both psychological and physiological effects are inclusive too.

CAUSES OF RAPE.

There are some underlying conditions or factors that warrant incidence of rape. Rape is not just something that sprung up immediately, it's always something that has been on the mind of rapists, it's not spontaneous. Some of the reasons why people rape their victims include the following:

1. LOW SELF ESTEEM.

Some people lacked low self esteem to the extent that they find it difficult to willing approach the other gender of their feelings for them. Some of them may resort to raping the other party since they cannot approach them to talk to them. Low self esteem may be hinged on many factors; it may be as a result of poor look, not having enough financial resources as a man and so on. These kind of people always think they are not just good enough probably to be in a form of sexual relations with someone they like because they believed they won't be accepted based on their low self esteem, then in their desperation, some of them may resort to forcing their sexual feelings on those they claimed to love.

2. BAD DRESSING OR PROVOCATIVE DRESSING.

Sometimes, bad dressing can provoke rape behavior. Although some believed that there should be freedom of self, including what to wear and what not to. However, provocative dressing attracts the eyes and ultimately bad thoughts are conceived. Males are easily attracted by what they see. A person that dresses in a nude manner may trigger some males to want to have sex unwillingly with them because not all men can control themselves.

According to a very popular axiom, "it is how you're dressed that you will be addressed". Dressing moderately will attract respect to yourself not only because of the issue of rape alone. You can't dress properly and be addressed in a rude manner except the person that wants to address you is not sane enough.

3. LACK OF SEX EDUCATION

Many adolescents who feels the need to make out with the other gender without adequate sex education from their parents also constitutes more to the rape occurrence. Some adolescents without proper knowledge enter into sexual relations and even engage in rape behavior without even knowing.

Easy access to pornographic materials can increase the urge to want to have sex either willingly or not which is very bad, a good gender sensitization and sex education can help to reduce rape incidence.

What are your views on this phenomenon as we unravel more in the next article. Share your views with me in the section for comments.