America & Europe: Sexuality

The comparison is especially revealing because all these nations are more liberal and democratic than we are. Their voter turn-outs are 50 percent higher; their corporate lobbying systems are much less developed; their taxes are higher, their safety nets larger, their societies more equal, their labor unions stronger (1).

Equally disappointing and revealing is that these nations beat us time and again on statistic after statistic, from student performance to the rate of sexual assault.

In comparing America and Europe with respect to sexual assault and attitudes toward sexuality, we see that more liberal and progressive views on sexuality across Europe help to undermine problems such as sexual assault, teen pregnancies, and the spread of AIDS. This analysis will provide statistics on sexual assault in Europe and the U.S. A discussion will then explore the higher rate of sexual assault in the U.S. as a product of the difference in attitude regarding sexuality in each nation and culture.

According to the World Rank Research Team, the number of sexual assaults in Europe is significantly lower than the number committed annually in the United States.

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eens as educated and safe as possible (Martin 2). This more open-minded view of sexuality in European society also leads to less incidents of sexual assault. Many maintain that the legalization of prostitution in many European nations, an occupation that is regulated and legal, helps cut down on the number of sexual assaults because men do not have to resort to illegal activities or criminal ones to satisfy their desires. Martin (2) maintains that not only does the rigid and moral view of sexuality in the U.S. lead to higher incidences of sexual assault but it also leads to other social ills that stem from a head-in-the-sand attitude toward sexuality in general, both among adults and teens. Martin argues that the more open attitude of Europeans generates more cultural benefits than the puritanical views that is currently allowed the bulk of political power in the US. Besides being allowed to see humans in their pure form so that a breast becomes just a breast, experts find that many Europeans recognize the inevitability of their adolescents having sex, and have decided the best strategy is to provide them all the information they need to make socially responsible decisions (2). The irony of a higher number of sexual assault
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