Dating is meant to be fun. it's a chance to get to know new people and discover
possibilities with them. Sadly, some people take advantage of the situation. Most women
extend their trust to their dates, and some men use this as an opportunity to their carnal
desires on the helpless victim. Date rape is a growing phenomenon that increases by th
e numbers each year. Statistics show that women who are between ages of 16 and 25 are
4 times more prone to date rape (James Haley. "Introduction." At Issue: Date Rape).
In 1991, the view that a woman could be "date raped" was a new and
thinking about rape. Most people had considered rape to be a violent crime
committed by a stranger in a dark alley, not an instance of unwanted sex with an
acquaintance. Beginning in the late 1980s, however, feminist activists on college campuses
promoted a broader definition of rape that included situations in which women were
pressured into having sex against......
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