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Lewis continues by saying that students who frequent places where heavy drinking occurs are placing themselves in danger of physical assault, sexual violence and other forms of harm. He includes fraternities--both the unofficial ones at Harvard and those on other campuses, among such dangerous places. Essentially, Lewis feels that any woman who goes to a party, at, say, a final club, is asking to be raped; or that anyone who goes to a bar is inviting those around him who are drinking to beat him or her up. Clearly, this assumption is both unrealistic and unhealthy. The point Lewis...
...culture of violence and psychological trauma often stemming from abuse or neglect. The story of the 15-year old New Jersey teenager charged with sexually assaulting and strangling an 11-year old neighbor boy is all too common: sexually assaulted by a pedophile, the teenager turned around and inflicted harm on someone even more helpless than himself...
That this teenager and so many of his peers have themselves been abused does not excuse them from the harm of their actions. It does point up, however, the limitations of a strategy of deterrence for violent juvenile crime...
...more costly to cover big vehicles than small ones. That's a break with the past. The reason? With record numbers of large vehicles like the Ford Expedition and the Chevy Suburban on the road, insurance companies are finding that drivers of the behemoths cause a disproportionate amount of harm to other cars and drivers, resulting in bigger liability payouts...
...Consequently, students who frequent places where heavy drinking occurs are placing themselves in danger of physical assault, sexual violence and other forms of harm...