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Junior Theme Reflection

Sexual assault is a major problem: it happens to 1 in 5 women, but because sexual assault victims don’t report, it seems to happen less. Victims don’t report because they feel silenced, but why are victims of sexual assault silenced in out society? They feel silenced by society because of our problematic justice system, which inadequately collects evidence and questions traumatized victims intensively, our societal distrust, formed by influential figures and the exaggeration of false reports, and our negative viewpoint of victims, causing victims to feel blamed four being sexually assaulted and judged for not having a “normal” sexual assault.

I have pondered the question of why sexual assault victims feel silenced by society a lot in the past few weeks and I have been shocked by most of the statistics I have found. I was unaware of the severity of how victims feel silenced. The most shocking fact is that only 37% of victims report to the police. How can our society silence so many victims and why isn’t this a more pressing issue? All of these women deserve justice, but, because of our society, they don't feel safe getting it. This shows the urgency of this topic because when people feel suppressed by society they cannot be a part of society. I am most passionate about this part of the issue because everyone deserves to have a voice in society and when suppress people in society we lose an important perspective and society becomes less diverse. Overall this topic was great to write about because I feel it is so important today, once more people learn about this suppression, more people will be able to help victims feel heard in society.

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