Date rapeStudent:Professor:Course title:Date:Introduction Date rape is part of a variety of violence and abuses in relationships. When one of the partners tries to get hold, hurt or control the other, without his or her consent, this is nothing but abuse. According to Webster’s dictionary, rape is a sexual intercourse without the partner’s consent irrespective of whether the duo knew each other or not. However, many people including some women and juries consider criminal rape to constitute only sexual violations by a stranger. It should however, be noted that sexual abuse by an acquaintance results to an immense emotional impact to the victim. Among the major reason, for this aspect is that many date rapes are not reported, making the victims to suffer in silence. In accordance to FBI report, in 1986, the number of forcible rapes in U.S amounted to 90,434. Between that year and 2000, that rate was increasing by 42%, making it the most increasing crime in U.S. In fact, some analysts described this as an “epidemic of sexual assault.” However, the rate of “date rape” or rape by an acquaintance has not been clearly documented. This paper provides arguments on the justification of rape (Howard, and Kavenik, 2010, 25).Discussion Why Some People Justify Date RapeAccording to Bridges, (2011) most men who claim that date rape is justified base their beliefs on tradition beliefs and myths on sex roles. Accordingly, most belief that if a woman asks or accepts a date from a man, goes with him to his room, or accepts the man to pay for the expenses, then she was leading a man on. This as per these traditionalists and other non-traditio...