and are treated badly. Dworkin thinks of porn as violence and not speech, therefore is totally against the whole industry. There are always two sides to every story and this is definitely one. Women of this country should be allowed to make their own decisions and our 1st Amendment right lets women do that.12.1 million women in America have been raped. This is an alarming number. Rape is also usually is very difficult to prove in court and is often defined solely by the victim’s actions. Such as if there are circumstances where the woman may not tell anyone for months for whatever reason, no evidence is there to convict the offender. Therefore it is a he said she said case. Rape is a crime that should be penalized heavily in our court system, but there are many twists and turns so it is hard for the courts to establish one strategic way of deciding rape cases. Rape is definitely a violent act and men have different motives. Baker explains that law is ignoring men’s motives. Some of the motives are sex as a commodity where women are perceived as objects and men feel they can use them any way they want. Power is another motive. Men want distinction and praise whether from their peers or a woman. Men also rape out of anger. For example, the helpless felling they have in prisons. Baker argues that stiff punishment should be implemented. Rape is forcible and non-consensual. In the case Pennsylvania v. Berkowits addressed the question was forcible compulsion met? The court decided there was no coercion because Pennsylvania does not recognize the fear of something. The court says that she took no type of physical action to discourage him. Force is the issue. Whether or not he forced her by physically constraining her, Earl was not convicted. On this issue the courts set poor precedent by letting Earl off the hook. The girl did not consent to the sexual act and said no, for fear if she didn’t do what he said she did not know w...
