Contemporary rape law emerged from a culture that punished all sex outside marraige. For that reason, the conventional elements of the rape actually put the complainant on trial for having engaged in non-marital sex. Now that consensual non-marital sex has been decriminalized, how should the law define rape? Should we punish sex by fraud as well as sex by force?
Lara Janson, a Mitchell Scholar, PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, and Huffington Post contributor, presents her groundbreaking research about the "demand side" of human trafficking and the commercial sex industry.
Dr. Melissa Gilliam of the Pritzker School of Medicine will discuss her innovative sex education program development where teenagers on the South Side of Chicago develop a video game to learn about sexual health and teenage pregnancy. This Diversity Month Program is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students.
Dr. Debra Stulberg will discuss her research on conflicts in treating patients in Catholic hospitals. Dr. Stulberg is a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
While a student at the University of Chicago, Shauna Prewitt's life changed forever. The victim of sexual assault, Shauna soon learned that she was pregnant from her attack. After deciding to continue the pregnancy and raise her child, Shauna was shocked when her attacker sought custody of the baby girl.
