Sex is such a touchy topic amongst people in today's society, not to mention the details of it. Many are not even properly educated on the topic or anything to do with it. I have determined that my research topic will be about sexual violence, rape culture in the younger generation, focusing on the college student 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 am interested in this topic because of all the exposure I have had, especially over the last few years on the issue. It is a serious issue that in some cases is not treated as such. I personally feel as if there could be more done pertaining to sexual violence cases and that we can all educate ourselves more on the issue. I have come across people in my life that have experienced sexual violence in some form or fashion I have also seen the side that most people don't get to see too often, the damage. I would say that I am qualified to talk about this issue because I could be affected by sexual violence myself being a young female in college, sexual violence is a definite possible danger for me. All of the stories that I have heard and people I know that have been personally affected by this sort of violence makes me want to dig a little deeper into the real issues and help in promoting awareness and safety.

 The article "Date Rape Amongst Adolescents and Young Adults" 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 is a credible source on this topic because of his background in researching and dealing with these statistics on a grand scale.

The second article "Incapacitated Rape Is a Big Problem" talks more about rape and people not being fully aware of what is going on, whether it be that you are drunk or just that you are not 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, who has a psych degree and C.M. Weimann who has a Ph.D. Their education credentials make them very credible on this topic of research.

The third article, "Incoming College Students Bystander Behaviors to Prevent Sexual Violence" focuses 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. A bystander in a situation dealing with sexual violence can be much more complex than dealing with another. The article discusses ways the students could approach the situation safely as well as informing students on the dangers of sexual assault. Sarah McMahon, Victoria Banyard, and Sheila McMahon are the authors of the article and are well educated in this subject matter. They 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 wrote this article will have to have had some credibility to write for a popular journal.

The research question that I have 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, and it is such a current issue that its talked about quite often now. The sources I have chosen, give information from three different stand points on the issue. I do feel as if my research question can be tweaked so that I will be able to write more and have a stronger central argument. To improve my question I may need to broaden or reword it to be able to widen my range of sources to look at.

