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​#METOO was originally created in 1997, after the founder of the movement sat across from a 13-year-old victim who shared her story of being sexually abused. Tarana Burke created a nonprofit organization, Just Be Inc., which sought resources for victims of sexual harassment and assault when the social media platform was My Space. Ten years…

This literature review is focusing on specific laws relating to the statute of limitation on sexual abuse cases. The Statute of Limitation is identified as, “Specifically, procedural rules establishing time limits that regulate a plaintiff’s ability to pursue legal actions—flow from legislative and judicial sources, have existed for centuries and today are largely ubiquitous” (book…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the experience of twelve people who had been sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests. They wanted to determine whether the trauma they experienced carried characteristics that were distinct from sexual abuse by other perpetrators. The researchers also reviewed whether the characteristics from this unique trauma fell within…

Random Family was published in 2003 and is the product of a decade of research and interviews by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. The book provides the reader with a detailed and intimate look into the everyday lives of people from the poor sections of the Bronx. It mainly focuses on two Puerto Rican teenagers, Coco Rodriguez…

What does it mean when someone has disorder? Mental illnesses are diseases that cause mild to severe disturbances in thoughts and behaviors; therefore, patients who are affected may not have control of their actions (Gazzaniga, 2015). A personality disorder is a way people cope with events that are fairly fixed by the end of adolescence….

Most parents are at least 80% sure that they are doing everything they can to protect their kids from anything that might harm them out in the big bad world. They take them to the bus stop and watch them go off to school. They censor what their kids can see on the internet. They…

In 1996 teacher Mary Kay LeTourneau repeatedly raped 12-year-old Vili Fualaau, a student in her sixth-grade class. Despite conviction of child rape charges, she served only a six-month jail sentence. Although ordered to stay away from her victim, two weeks after her release in 1998 she was caught in the midst of a sexual encounter…

People take advantage of people’s weaknesses these days, and exploit them, even if they were born with it. Democracy- a system of government that is voted in by its citizens- has tried to prevent this, using human rights-are rights that protect people such as freedom of speech- they try legally helping these people, but still…

The UAE has developed and changed over the past 60 years architecturally, culturally, commercially and even economically. With the changes that have occurred, the women’s role in society has differed. Emirate women have become an active and important member of the country’s development. The women’s role has evolved from my grandmother generation to my mother…

Sometimes advantaged neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles, although performers like Philadelphia’s Schoolly D probed that the genre was not specific to the area. Boogie Down Productions laid down a prototype that was taken to more extreme measures by N.W.A., who reported on the crime, sex and violence of the ghetto with an explicit verve…