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  • Essay / The Aftermath of Rape - 1093

    Whenever the girls go out, they are constantly wary of someone putting drugs in their drinks; I know from experience that my friends drink before, so they don't drink at parties because of the risk of rape. Often I carry pepper spray when walking at night and let someone know where I am at the moment and where I'm going too. I constantly share my location by finding my friends on IOS with my mom and my close friend so they always know where I am. Growing up, my parents were very cautious and I wasn't able to stay overnight at friends' houses due to the possibility of something bad happening to me because they aren't family and don't trust to other households. The rape affected the way I live and the way I see people. I'm not the only one affected by this in everyday life, an article written in the Huffington Post by a man explains what he does every day because of the impact of rape on society. Zaron (the author) says that he makes women aware in a friendly way that he is near them so as not to frighten them and make them believe that he is a threat. He explains that he is actually outside of rape culture simply because he is a man, because he was expecting a response from a woman because he asked a question realizing he was in anger when she didn't respond, that's the kind of mentality that's what's happening. wrong with the