Campbell's Response To Rape

While reading Campbell's response to rape article it made me think of my other sociology class as well. We also spoke about these issues in my other class as well and while reading this article I realized that I can apply these same issues to my service learning project. For instance in my Juvenile Delinquency class we learned that female delinquents need a strong role model in their life someone they can look up to however, this female role model can be their mother, stepmom, aunt, or even grandma because they provide a important and very specific structure and stability for a girl which is key and major for most girls, however, we also found out that if this important aspect is lacking in a girl's life then the dynamics begin to fall apart. A strong female role model in a girl's life means structure, stability, trust, comfort, it means they have someone to confide in, and protection. Therefore, if this dynamic is lacking and isn't constant and consistent it can lead to other things such as abuse, neglect, rape, lack of attention, which can then result in girl's running away from home which then can lead to young female prostitution. While reading this article it made me think about all of these things and how they can all be tied together. Furtheremore, when someone is unfortunately raped it has long term effects and can be psychologically damaging and extremely emotional for the victim as well as traumatizing. The victim is also fighting and struggling with this issue internally and deep down within themself they are fighting a constant battle. Once a person is raped it also results in the breakdown of an individual's character. I choose the symbolic interactionism theory for this particular article because they look for symbols and meaning within a social problem and I saw alot of that with this particular article.