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Speak anderson novel5/20/2023 These scandals help to explain why a culture of silence (which Melinda experiences) still keeps many rape victims from speaking out they are fearful of being accused of lying, of having their own characters questioned, or of being shamed for the violence that was perpetrated upon them. Rolling Stone Magazine, meanwhile, published a shocking piece about rape at UVA in 2014, only to retract the article because much of it was false. In Steubenville, Ohio, for instance, several football players raped a high school girl and documented their crime, yet were not immediately charged or arrested these events in 2012 led to a national controversy. The 21st century has brought about new advances in the way we as a society talk about and view rape, but there have been setbacks as well. Every other students, her report card grades suffer some similarity, and not until melinda to anyone about high school involves her into place. Speak Book Summary by Laurie Halse Anderson Allen Cheng. Progress has been slow, however in fact, marital rape, in which a husband rapes his wife, was not criminalized in all 50 states until 1993. Speak Laurie Halse Anderson Author Farrar Straus Giroux 17 19p ISBN 97-2-4. Since the rise of the feminist movement in the mid-20th century, rape has increasingly become a part of the national conversation. The narrative of Speak is closely connected to the idea of feminism, and to the dialogue in America surrounding the issue of rape.
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