Rape Victims required to parent children with attackers.

11/17/2016

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/17/health/rape-parental-rights/index.html

Review the report issued by CNN's Thom Patterson. How does this tragic situation affect the gender gap in the United States? In your opinion, did the legal process supersede ethical boundaries? Please be aware of the sensitivity of the subject in your responses. Thank you.

6 Comments

Autumn

11/18/2016 07:03:54 pm

This tragic situation affects the gender gap in the United States in many ways. It gives men the right to see their children even though when conceiving the child it was an act of violence. It's not fair to women to have to go through sharing a child with that person, having to deal with them everyday. It's like a soldier coming back from the war and being faced with a bomb everyday or seeing the same things they saw in the war. Seeing the rapist everyday could result in post traumatic stress disorders. Gender gap is still a huge problem today, men still have rights that females don't. Men have the power over the women to impregnate the women and when that power is abused it's a huge problem especially with no consequences.

I believe that the legal processes supersede ethical boundaries. It's crazy to think that you have to deal with your rapist everyday because of a law. The law is meant to protect the fathers from being able to see their children. But that law need to be rethought and reconfigured because that has stepped over ethical boundaries.

Marlene Moravec

11/29/2016 08:23:01 am

It affects the gender gap since only the woman that are raped can get pregnant. If a woman rapes a man, the man wouldn't be able to have a child. If a man rapes a woman, the woman is forced into having a child and also has to share it with it's other parent.
I think the legal process supersede ethical boundaries. If the laws stuck to what they meant, the rapist shouldn't be allowed to see his child. It wouldn't matter if it was 1st or 3rd degree rape, but in all cases the victim would get full custody of the child. I think the laws should be discussed again so that in the end, everyone is safe and out of harms way.

Alexus garbacz

11/29/2016 09:16:56 pm

This affects gender gap because its only the women who are being abused and who don't want anything to do with men in the way that they treat them. Also when the women gets pregnant and then they have to share custody of the child of the person who hurt the mother of the child. I could understand as to why he mother wouldn't want to share custody because who knows what could happen when there is no supervision. It is very nerve wrecking. I believe that the legal process does supersede ethical boundaries The rapist shouldn't be allowed to have any contact with the child I believe because they can always attack again and no one could/would know about it. It should matter that the rapist committed an act of violence and could possibly do it to the child also. The rapist shouldn't be allowed to see the child at all.

Genna Ellingson

12/1/2016 05:13:49 pm

This situation in particular is one that can only affect females, as a male cannot get pregnant if raped and therefore the circumstances are not the same in that case. Because of this fact, the gender gap is affected on the female side only here. Many women who have been raped live in fear afterwards, and it is not ethical to force the woman into seeing her attacker. Oftentimes, rape victims report symptoms of PTSD after being attacked, and forcing them into remaining in contact with the attacker in question may cause the woman's mental health and well-being to deteriorate.

The legal processes in question, I believe, do in fact cross an ethical boundary. When the government takes a stand on something this sensitive, it makes things a lot more personal for a lot of people. A person's life should be their own choices, not the choice of a government, especially if that choice is one that makes the person uncomfortable in any way. As I said before, people shouldn't be forced into anything, and the law taking away that free will is something that just isn't right.

Cristina Tellez

12/4/2016 05:56:28 pm

This situation affects the gender gap in the U.S because now a man thinks it is okay to rape a woman and touch her without any consent. More and more men will probably do it since they think that nothing will happen to them that all they need to do is take care of a child. There's a huge gender gap here because it is giving men more rights even when there has been a crime committed, but if it was the other way around the women wouldn't even get to see the baby after birth. Once a victim has been raped it traumatizes them, and having the raise a baby with the person who raped them then it makes it even worse.

I believe that the legal process did supersede ethical boundaries because no mother would want their children around their rapist. It wouldn't make them feel comfortable when their child is alone with the person who raped them. When the law comes in with situations like these it makes it hard for people because it is such a delicate thing to go through. Especially when you have to go through it with the person who badly impacted your life. Once a person is raped I'm sure that they won't want to come in with any contact with their rapist, let alone meet up to drop off the child.

Olivia Hesterly

12/7/2016 03:02:20 pm

This tragic situation affects gender gap in the United States in multiple ways. When a woman is raped there is always the possibility of getting pregnant, however when a man is raped by a woman it isn't possible. That makes the circumstances different in this case. A woman is affected more than a man, and it is extremely unfair to allow the rapist to see his child after he committed a crime. This gives men rights that they don't deserve, and throws women under the bus because they have no say in it. After a woman has a child there is the possibility of multiple complications that can affect her mental and physical health. By allowing the rapist to see her child that can put even more stress on her which isn't healthy for her or the baby. A mothers job is to protect and provide for he baby, but she wont feel protection if the government allows the rapist too interact with the baby.
I think that the legal process did in fact supersede ethical boundaries. If you rape one person then you will always be considered a rapist and a danger to children and other people. A mother should be able to make decisions for herself and her baby without any influence from the government. The law should most definitely be reconsidered.

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