Internet - We Must Put an End to Virtual Rape :: Argumentative Persuasive Essays

We Must Put an End to Virtual Rape   whatever unwanted sexual act is a crime of violence (Victims Information, 1998). Do you believe that? When referring that quote to rape, it almost sounds like a broad definition of it. yet what about practical(prenominal) rape? Does an unwanted sexual encounter on computers also count for a crime of violence? This is an important question for our social club today to address for the simple fact that technology is the wave of our future and as our world becomes increasingly intertwined with the virtual world, we need to be prepared for the problems that our new-sprung(prenominal) virtual world might present. For me, as for many others, rape is definitely a much more serious and dangerous encounter than virtual rape. moreover all the same, virtual rape should not be dismissed for the effects it has on the people involved. I am going to present to you three primary(prenominal) points. First, Im going to define virtual rape by ta king you through one of the most well known cases that actually occurred in the virtual world. Second, I will define rape in our world. Third and finally, I will take you through some of the different issues that are brought up while discussing virtual rape versus real rape.   Well start off with my first point of what is virtual rape? They say he raped them that night (Vitanza, 448) is the beginning of an intriguing story, A Rape in Cyberspace, in which the author, Julian Dibbell, answers that very question. With the horrifying tale of Mr. Bungle and his victims, legba and Starsinger, Dibbell reiterates the events that took place on the LambdaMOO on that Monday night in March. The LambdaMOO is a MUD, which is con for multi-user dungeons. According to a journal article in Macleans, MUDs are virtual communities, little universes that exist only on the Internet. Users from around the world can opening the host program, which allows them to assume an identity and deve lop an alternative self (Chidley, 51). With the LambdaMOO defined, lets look more closely at the virtual rape Mr. Bungle committed on legba and Starsinger that took place there. Mr. Bungle, Starsinger and legba are personas of the people who created them for the use of virtual portrayal while logged on at the LambdaMOO.