Commonplaces

Commonplaces can be defined as a place one would look to form an argument. Some questions that can be asked are 1. Whether a thing has (or has not) or will (or will not) occur. 2. Whether a thing is greater or smaller than another thing. 3. What is (and is not) possible. Reading this book last semester in English 360, I had a different mind set than I do in reading this in English 460. In 360, I had never heard of this term whereas in 460 I have an understanding of the topic and am now relating it to a controversial subject.

Common places in rape can be difficult to find, but in discussing with some of my classmates we found a pattern within a lot of college-based rape incidents; colleges want to protect their reputations. As sad as it is, no college wants to be known as "the rape school" and will go to great lengths to avoid that.  Universities will let this issue slide, and leave women to deal with the aftermath of the "girl who cried rape." If a university must say a man is guilty, they will generally say "sexual assault" because it has less of a negative connotation.

If universities would withstand a few years of a bad reputation by calling people out for rape, within 5 years, their schools rape culture would most likely drastically decrease.