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Date rape. The sound of the words pierce a knife into American idealism. For some it may be easier to cope with the concept of ‘sexual assault' or hear the more lyrical ‘acquaintance rape'. The fact remains that ‘date rape' has become a serious problem in the United States. Date rape is not the stereotypical ‘man in the bushes with a knife' type of scenario. Date rape is when the victim actually knows the rapist. They may be classmates, have mutual friends, or even have dated one another, but the rapist and the victim have established some sort of relationship.
"Judging by news and entertainment media, the problems of date and acquaintance rape have reached crisis proportions in recent years. A search in the database Nexus turns up 54 mentions of date or acquaintance rape in the New York Times during the past two decades - nearly half of them in the last year. Television shows such as "A Different World", "21 Jump Street" and......

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Title: Date Rape
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