While catching up on my news and reading articles on CNN I ran into an article there regarding a young woman who was recently brutally raped in front of others at a fraternity party. Alcohol consumption among college students has long been a problem but as Hart & Ksir state, "since 2002 there has been a slight increase among college students in the rate of binge drinking and of driving after drinking." (Hart & Ksir, 2013). Unfortunately even though most young adults know the consequences of driving while drinking and the effects of consuming so much alcohol, they still choose to make bad choices. I'm not sure what was so different about me growing up and choosing not to participate in those activities or maybe it was the fear of facing my parents for the consequences but I have never met nor seen anyone who has had to be a victim of rape at a college party. As a parent my heart breaks and I wonder how her parents are dealing with the ordeal since they send their daughter off to college and think she is going to be safe, then this happens. Having a child of my own makes me worry and wonder how different her college years will be from mine. The young girl Cabri Chamberlain states, "I can't even describe the pain of being raped, or how much it alters a life, and no other person should ever be forced to have that experience." I agree with this young woman 100%. No one should ever have to go through such a traumatizing and shameful experience. There is a website HAMS that is aimed at giving college students tips for when they do drink and although one would hope their children wouldn't, once unsupervised it is better for them to be as informed as possible, than sorry. HAMS aims to provide Harm reduction for alcohol and although most is common sense, you can never tell someone enough.
References:
Ferrigno, L. (2014, March 16). Wesleyan University student alleges rape, sues fraternity, members, other student. CNN. Retrieved March 16, 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/14/justice/wesleyan-university-rape-lawsuit/index.html? hpt=ju_c2
Hart, C. L., & Ksir, C. (2013). Drugs, society & human behavior (15th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
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