Pro & Con College Issues PRO The policy would ban sex in

A problem facing colleges today is so-called date rape, or unwanted sexual activity and harassment. Acquaintance rape is the most common form of sexual assault in America, accounting for four out of five rapes. Date rape, when the attacker and victim have agreed to spend time together, is when nearly half of all rapes take place. Only within the last decade has date rape been widely recognized. Many experts have resisted recognizing date rape as the same as other types of rape, but this ignores the reality (Pooley, 1992, 114). Allowing sexual activity in the dormitories only makes such unwanted activity more likely. The college would seem to be giving its acquiescence in sex in the dormitories, which would encourage those who would take advantage of the situation. When students apply for and accept the privilege of living in a college dormitory, they al

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nts by interest could allow students to excel in their field more readily because they will be with others who share their interests and who support them and can in turn be supported by them. AGAINST The N.C.A.A. rule against athletic dormitories recognizes that the primary purpose of higher education is precisely that--education--and that sports are a secondary matter. The first goal for athletes in college is to excel academically, and to this end it is better for these students to be part of the larger school environment than to be isolated with other athletes. Such isolation does nothing to contribute to the necessary processes of learning and socialization which must extend beyond athletes to the college population as a whole. Only in this way will well-rounded graduates be produced, graduates with more than an athletic background. Athletes who are in the larger school population can find assistance and encouragement more readily form non-athletic academic students who serve as academic role models and who impart their knowledge and enthusiasm to athletes who live in the same milieu. It is too often the case that college athletes are given special dispensation because they provide entertainment on the athletic fie
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