My research topic I've determined will be about sexual violence, rape culture in the younger generation. Focusing on the college age. The research question I've composed is "How do we address and deal with the issue of rape and sexual violence especially on younger people?" I'm interested in this topic because of all the exposure I've seen especially over the last few years on the issue. It's a serious issue that is kind of skated over more than it should be. I personally feel as if there could be more done pertaining sexual violence cases and that we can all educate ourselves more on the issue. I've come across people in my life that have experience sexual violence in some form or fashion and I've seen the side that most people don't get to see too often, the damage. I would say I'm qualified to talk about this issue because I could be affected by sexual violence first hand, I'm a young female in college and it's a danger I need to be worried about. With all the stories that I've heard and people I know that have been personally affected by this sort of violence, makes me want to dig a little deeper in to the real issues.

 This article attacks the topic of date rape amongst young people. The article delivers straight facts from surveys and research on the topic. It was stated that adolescents and young adults were four times more likely to be a victim of sexual assault than women in any other age group. The article even starts to focus on how informing people could help eliminate its occurrence. The author Jeff Nesbit was the National Science Foundation's director of legislative and public affairs during the Bush and Obama administrations. He would be a credible source on this topic because of his background in researching and dealing with these statistics on grand scale.

The second article talks more about rape and not being fully aware of what is going on. Whether it be that you're drunk or just that you aren't able to defend yourself. This article also focuses on how many women entering college are likely to be assaulted and why aren't more people doing something about this issue that's getting all of this press in recent times. The authors are V.J. Rickert, with a psych degree  and C.M. Weimann with a Ph.D. Their education credentials make them very credible on this topic of research and looking at studies.

The third article focused on preventing sexual violence and making it more socially acceptable to intervene. Things discussed were aimed at incoming college students so that they can be more informed and effectively help someone in need. As a bystander in a situation dealing with sexual violence can be much more complex than stepping in on another problem so the article discusses ways the students could approach the situation safely as well as informing students on the dangers of sexual assault. All three of the authors are well educated in this particular subject matter and wrote this article in the Journal of College Student Development, which is said to be the leading source of information and research on college students. The authors that write will have a certain amount of ethos to even write for the journal.

The research question that I've proposed is arguable because it has multiple facets to it. There are many things that people can debate over pertaining to the issue of sexual violence. People argue over who's to blame for the issues, there are social constructs involved, its such a current issue that its talked about quite often now. The sources I've chosen, just give information from three different stand points on the issue. I do feel as if my research question can be tweaked to be able to write more and have a stronger central argument. To do that I may need to broaden or reword my question.

