Through this piece Rebecca Solnit gives a lengthy detailed description on the gruesome statistics of rapes in the U.S. everyday, with reportedly 1 in 5 woman in their lifetime and one occurring every 6.2 minutes on average she addresses the fact that this is a serious issue that needs to be dealt with. She explains how in the government it is normalized for the victims to be subjected to inhumane rights where they are treated without respect and are unable to defend themselves. There are also many example she gives about how this mostly stems from men and how we must be held accountable and take responsibility for our own actions rather than the victims having to resolve the situation. There are many central ideas throughout this piece that replicate themes we have discussed in class a main one being the dominance of men and subjugation of woman over many many centuries where woman have always been treated as less than men having less rights and power to speak out.
