Literary Blog #1

My literary blog is on the article Athletes and Rape: Is There a Connection?

1) Visual: 

2) Citation: Caron, S.L., Halteman, W.A. and Stacy, C. (1997) ‘Athletes and rape: Is there a connection?’, Percept Mot Skills, 85(3 suppl), pp. 1379–1393. doi: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3f.1379.

3) Summary: This source is helping me because it discusses the issue of rape culture among athletes. Many athletes and rapists in general believe they are just "hitting and quitting" but what they are doing is the definition of rape. The article discusses the statistics and proof of athletes committing rape and the difference between athletes and non athletes. 

4) Author info: Sandra L. Caron is the primary author for this scholarly article, she is very qualified to write an article of this caliber. She is a professor of family relations and human sexuality at Maine University. She is a licensed counselor in sex therapy and runs education programs at Maine University.

5) Key Terms:
Sexual aggression: this term is significant because it this act of force and aggression used against a victim
Perpetrator: The rapist or the abuser of a sexual violence incident
6) Quotes:
1) " Many researchers have attempted to understand sexual aggression. We know that sexual aggressiveness has multiple causes or motivations. The goal of this study was to examine the as yet unstudied variable of competitiveness and its relationship with athletics and sexual aggression." (12)
2) " One out of every four women in the survey 'were the victims of rape or attempted rape since the age of 14 years. Only 5% reported that incident to the police, and 42% never told anyone about the experience" (2)
3) "Athletes are given many privileges in exchange for their athletic abhty. Scholarships, alumni incentives, allowances, and leniency from professors are common and expected on many college campuses. Many athletes feel entitled to take what they want, including sex, without the fear of repercussions" (3)
7) Value: This source is essential to my paper because it discusses the reasons male athletes think they need to rape and it also discusses a survey taken about a sexual assault on a college campus.