Annotated Bibliography

Taylor Gudenkauf
Professor Young
ENGW 1101 3P
15 November 2016

Annotated Bibliography

Christoffersen, Lyndsey. "BLAMING THE VICTIM." Sojourners Magazine 05 2015: 30-3.      kkkkkkProQuest. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.

            This article focuses on how victim blaming plays a role in society.  It also addresses how      kkkkkkvictim blaming hinders a victim’s healing process.  It discusses how victim blaming exists kkkkkkeverywhere.  This can be used in my essay to advance   my discussion about how victim kA  kkkkkkblaming negatively effects victims and their everyday life.

For campus rapes, focus on prevention, not just reaction." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Premier.       kkkkkWeb. 15 Nov. 2016.

           This article focuses on rape prevention and not just the aftermath.  Therefore, this article can kkkkkhelp explain how if we make a change in society with rape prevention thereby changing how kkkkksociety treats rape victims thereby diminishing victim blaming.  This will be used in my essay kkkkkto talk about how victim blaming will be abolished.

Niemi, Laura, and Liane Young. "Who Blames the Victim?" The New York Times. The New York kkkkkTimes Company, 24 June 2016. Web. 11 Nov. 2016.

This article addresses a relevant problem in society- victim blaming. It discusses which types    kkkkkof people support victims and who blames the victim. It evaluates binding and individualizing kkkkkvalues and how that affects victim blaming and who of these types of people are more likely to kkkkkvictim blame.  This can be used in my essay to explain who is creating the problem of victim   kkkkkblaming.

Victim Blaming

Taylor Gudenkauf

Professor Young

ENGW_1101_3P

7 November 2016

Victim Blaming

Topic: 

• Victim Blaming

Questions:

1. Why are rape victims' actions/life picked apart?
2. Why are rape victims treated like criminals?
3. How can victims be questioned better?
4. Why does victim blaming exist?
5. Would more rape victims report if they knew they weren't going to be blamed?
6. How does victim blaming affect rape victims?
7. Does victim blaming increase the number assaults as rapists/ abusers know they will get light sentence if any at all?
8. Does how we discuss rape prevention lead to victim blaming?
9. If victim blaming did not exist, how would sexual violence change?
10. How does victim blaming affect the consequences of the abuser/ rapist?

Thesis:

     Victim blaming is a problem because victims are treated like criminals; therefore, social standards/ beliefs need to change.