Example of a Sexual Assault Case

Sexual assault and rape are very serious social and public health issues in the U.S. Everyday there are women who are the victims of sexual assault and rape while men more or less are always the perpetrators. As an example in the article “Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing” by Ezra Klein it addresses the relationship between Christine Blasey and Brett Kavanaugh and the sexual assault hearings.

On September 27th, 2018 Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Ford’s testimony was faced with several peculiar political questions that were pointedly meant to degrade her. In paragraph 16 the text states, “ Mitchell the prosecutor largely abandoned the task of questioning the core of Ford’s account. She ended up harassing Ford on points that even Republicans thought minor.” To be precise, Ford accused Kavanaugh of causing her fear for her life and to cope socially, academically, and emotioning in the aftermath of the assault. Due to death threats, and harassments Ford moved out and had to inquire security. On the subject of this she did not want to announce this publically, in fact she privately approached one of her legislative representatives preceding Kavanaugh’s nomination. Her exposure being looked upon as a criminal as she was interrogated by a prosecutor has at particular points been blamed, shamed, and called a liar. This displays why “ 63 and 90 percent of sexual assaults are unreported,” according to Kylie Cheung.

Granting this, what was most striking about Kavanaugh’s testimony was his rage. For instance, the article allows readers to discover, “ If Ford did everything — and more — that could be asked of a witness, Kavanaugh did something near the opposite. He entered the hearing with his jaw set and his face flushed. His voice near shout, he read a long, angry, unflinching, and notably Trumpish statement.I think that Ford is telling the truth, however I would like to add that there is a possibility that Kavanaugh is telling the truth and did not commit the assaults and has little or no memory of them. Not to mention, men have long to believed that how they treat women doesn’t matter and isn’t worth remembering. “ The vast majority of assaults, after all, are unreported, which means the vast majority of assailants face no consequences. Most perpetrators are repeat offenders — as Kavanaugh is accused of being — and their repeated abuses show they know just how little their treatment of women matters,” according to Kylie Cheung.

Granted that, I feel whether Judge Kavanaugh is innocent or not, the senate should not still vote for his nomination for the Supreme Court today.

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