The Penn School for the Deaf (PSD)

For those who would like to make a difference and live in Philadelphia PA, you can visit, learn sign language, volunteer, and just get involved with this local school for deaf student k-12. For all ages you can reach out and make a difference.

Facts:
According to the PSD
    •    PSD is the 3rd oldest school for the Deaf in the United States and was founded in 1820.
    •    PSD provides a comprehensive educational program for over 225 students ages 3-21.
    •    PSD's Early Intervention program for infants and toddlers age 0-3 provides family support and child development activities immediately following the identification of a hearing loss.
    •    PSD educates a diverse student body from its urban environment within the city of Philadelphia.  Students come from Philadelphia, as well as the surrounding suburban counties and are from multi-ethnic backgrounds.
    •    While some students have residual hearing that supports listening and spoken language skills, the majority of PSD's students communicate primarily through sign language.
    •    Academic abilities of PSD students' range from above average, reading at grade level, to students with significant additional disabilities.
    •    PSD promotes and respects student diversity and plans activities to heighten student awareness and sensitivity of the rich multi-cultural community that it serves.
   
Location:
100 West School House Lane    
Philadelphia, PA 19144-3404

Citations:
http://www.psd.org/page.cfm?p=1

Over the last few weeks I've been researching facts about illiteracy in America. Right now I feel like I'm running out of things to say. I feel like I'm repeating myself in my blogs and not giving the right information. One thing I will try for my next blog is maybe looking at a video to help people see illiteracy and not just read about it. I think it will give me a break from just researching the same facts over and over again.

Have you ever wondered what the organzations and centers for topics such as child abuse really do? We always hear about them and we know theres about a million of them, but what do they do? How are they help prevent the issues. We know that the rehibilitation centers are to help those who are already hurt and have been discovered, but what about those who haven't been discovered yet? where is the prevention coming in.

I've recently contacted someone from one of the centers via email and I'm waiting on him to reply...

(To Be Continued...)

According to Los Angeles Times, police say the malnourished girl was locked in a bathroom without
running water for two months, beaten with metal rods, and forced to
exercise until exhaustion because her father said she had stolen food
and cheated on a home-school test. The girl reportedly escaped from the
bathroom through the attic and rode her bike to a coffee shop, where a
worker called police. Authorities say 33-year-old Scott Bass
and 31-year-old Andrea Bass, who is the girl's stepmother, were
arrested Feb. 4 on charges of child abuse, kidnapping and unlawful
imprisonment. A Maricopa County grand jury indicted the couple
last week on three counts of child abuse and one count of kidnapping.
They both pleaded not guilty to the charges during their arraignment
Monday.

Do you think that's far? Things like this happen to kids all around he world. For the parents thats did these things to just nt have to go to jail says what about our judicial systems?

According to Los Angeles Times, police say the malnourished girl was locked in a bathroom without
running water for two months, beaten with metal rods, and forced to
exercise until exhaustion because her father said she had stolen food
and cheated on a home-school test. The girl reportedly escaped from the
bathroom through the attic and rode her bike to a coffee shop, where a
worker called police. Authorities say 33-year-old Scott Bass
and 31-year-old Andrea Bass, who is the girl's stepmother, were
arrested Feb. 4 on charges of child abuse, kidnapping and unlawful
imprisonment. A Maricopa County grand jury indicted the couple
last week on three counts of child abuse and one count of kidnapping.
They both pleaded not guilty to the charges during their arraignment
Monday.

Do you think that's far? Things like this happen to kids all around he world. For the parents thats did these things to just nt have to go to jail says what about our judicial systems?

The Lack of Education

By Andre Serrano

The
majority of our country's problems can be solved with one solution: Education. It is important that the general public
realizes that times are changing and people are _x as likely to end up in
prison without an education. The solution can begin to be solved by education
reform, but the issue is much deeper than what happens in the schools. We need
to show children that learning can be fun, and beneficial, and we need to teach
parents to encourage their child’s education.

Why it’s a problem:

Many
students don’t regret their decision to drop out until after it is too late. There
are several reasons why it’s important for the individual to get an education
and for society to get an education, but those reasons aren’t necessarily the
same. However statistic trends tend to show lower education levels in prisons,
and lower education levels are paralleled to lower salaries.

Who is dropping out?

·      · One in five U.S. men between the ages of 16
and 24 (18.9 percent) were dropouts in 2007.

·      · More than three of 10 Latinos, including
recent immigrants, were dropouts (27.5 percent).

·      · More than one in five blacks dropped out of
school (21 percent). The dropout rate for whites was 12.2 percent.

Why are people dropping out?

When 500 dropouts, ages 16-25,
were interviewed, the reasons for leaving school were:

·     
47% said
classes were not interesting

·     
43%
missed too many days to catch up

·     
45%
entered high school poorly prepared by their earlier schooling

·     
69% said
they were not motivated to work hard

·     
35% said
they were failing

·     
32% said
they left to get a job

·     
25% left
to become parents

Average Salary by
Education Level

·     
Profession degree – $109,600

·     
Doctoral Degree – $89,400

·     
Masters Degree – $62,300

·     
Bachelors Degree – $52,200

·     
Associates Degree – $38,200

·     
High School Graduate – $30,400

·     
High School Dropout -$23,400

Student Suggestions

·     
Better
teachers

·     
Offer
more alternatives

·     
Schools
should offer real-life opportunities

·     
More
help with learning problems

·     
Tutoring

·     
More school
counselors

·     
Summer
school

·     
More
supervision

·     
More
school-to-home communication

·     
Better
mentoring between students and teachers

Prison

·     
In 1997, 88.6 percent of prison inmates had “post-secondary/some
college” education

Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?

My blog collection consists of many different points of views and perspectives.

This particular blog post speaks of two extreme aspects of Abortion.

Recall:

Pro-Life-

• Pro-life is an organization whose main focus is to prevent abortions from happening.
• Educating people of the dangers of abortion and the importance of human life.

Pro-Choice-

• Pro-Choice is an organization whose main focus is to advocate "choice" and what it means to be in control of the decisions you make pertaining to abortion.

Reflection:

Problems I encountered-

1. The idea for the topic of this blog post came easy because the two organizations mentioned are extremely popular when referencing abortions. I do however become quite unsure of what to blog about next.
2. I am sometimes unsure of how to construct my blogs to prevent them from looking the same as my previous ones.

Steps I need to take-

1. Deeper research; What other information is out there?
2. Going below the surface; What else should people know besides the obvious?
3. Creative thinking; How else should I construct my blogs?

Everyone always says how life is short, but more than likely life is going to be long and boring. You see teenage pot smokers grow up to being successful business people and pill fiends become sport stars. Well what about when your favorite basketball start or your corner store owner gets a little older and starts to see the repercussions of there childhood substance abuse days. Within the six year span of 2002-2008,50 percent of people in between 50 to 59 have abused marijuana or prescriptions medications. Kay Lazar describes in her article written for boston.com the consequences the “baby boomer” generation will have to face as the years go on. Even the notion that by 2020 the amount of treatment facilities will be doubled due to this baby booming group of substance abusers. Not only are these effects having a direct correlation with your current health but any future health problems. Its hard to determine the length that certain drugs stay in the system of elderly people, so medications for common aging issues like cholesterol levels and things of that nature may be not as effective or possibly non-existent.
 

Substance abuse is growing and the amounts of substance that can be used are growing. From powder to pills to plants the business and use of substances that are addictive are being spread throughout the world. The “New Wave” seems to be prescription pills, all over the United States more and more cases of prescription pill abusers is rising and becoming known. 5,300 Utah adults in a study reported on by usnews.com admitted to taking opioid pain medicine not prescribed to them. Ninety-seven percent of the time the drug came from a friend or relative. The shocking information is that pills are so convenient that people are just giving them away. Most people have leftovers of there prescriptions, its logical friends or relatives would have unlimited access. Actually seventy-one percent of leftover medication is kept, and out of the people who admitted to using pain medications without a prescription only 4.1 brought the drug.

Its always a question of why do people abuse substances and the truth is a person cant say why someone would want to abuse any substance, considering the effects that any addiction or abuse of anything can be harmful. The answer is never simple there’s several components but a major aspect is the accessibility of substances. A Colorado local newspaper article explains how a local man was arrested for having 220 weed plants. This may not be an exciting storey but when this mans “underground medical marijuana” business is being conducted down the street from an elementary school the problem then raises the brows of the community. It’s the job of people to stop operations that effects communities to the point were children are being influenced.
It’s the youth that controls the future and if drugs are being grown and sold within the radius of a children’s school, then what type of a future are we as a society implying that children are going to have.

The worst thing about media is the control it has over people.  When cigarettes were becoming popular, advertisers would use the media via movies or musicians to try and glorify smoking cigarettes. The same is true about other substances, thus young people are being influenced until they eventually try one and create a substance abuse problem.
Similar trickle down effects have been seen in the military. More and more soldiers in the American military are experiencing substance abuse problems. In 2009 from 2003 the amount of military personnel enrolled in alcohol programs raised 56 percent, figures given by www.tennessean.com. Further more the problem is coming from this idea that substance abuse is a way out of stress and problems which may be true sometimes but because of the media and other sources glorifying self medication in substances that have addictive side effects

Substance abuse is something that is generally seen as a inner city issue. The fact is that’s entirely untrue, people everywhere even in the smallest towns like Canadian, Oklahoma. Canadian is a small town in the Pittsburg county of Oklahoma where the community is speaking up about the substance abuse problems happening in their community. Trans-World-News.com describes the shame addict’s feel towards family and friends when returning home on their spring breaks. It also describes how individuals can take responsibility and reach out to these loved ones and friends who have fallen into the menace that is addiction. People have a social responsibility to help there fellow brethren life up and over come what ever trials of substance abuse they may be going through.

I feel like I have so much about my topic. I think that it is more than enough for the benchmark. I think that I have covered all of the different aspects of domestic violence. All of the information in my informative blog posts were written well enough to write a good enough paper for the benchmark. As we had to write more and more blog post I started to feel like I was repeating things I said in previous blog post. All in all though I think I did good research on a topic that is very broad. I enjoyed doing this research I hope everyone who reads eachh of my blog post and learn something new everytime.

According to About.com: Teen Health. Domestic violence is violence or threats of violence towards a
romantic partner or a household member who is a teenager. It can be
physical violence, sexual assault or the threat of either one. Teens
can experience domestic violence from a family member or someone they
are dating. It happens in high income families, low-income families,
gay relationships, or straight relationships. Men and women can be
abused, and both men and women can be the abuser. Domestic violence can
happen to anyone. In a relationship that is abusive, there tends to be a cycle of
violence. Because the cycle is predictable, it is important for your
teen to be aware of what to look for and to be able to recognize the
cycle. If your teen recognizes this pattern in his relationship, it is
a sign that the relationship is an abusive one.

The Cycle Includes:

Tension-building phase

Crisis/Explosion

Honeymoon Phase

According to About.com: Teen Health, this is what parents need to know about the cycle of teen violence.

If you as a parent recognize this cycle in your teen's romantic
relationship, it is important for you to intervene as soon as possible.
Discuss the issue with your teen and express your concerns. Your teen
may feel defensive and refuse to see what is happening. Seek out the
advice of a counselor or your local domestic violence organization. The
National Domestic Violence Hotline
will be able to refer you to your local organization. If the violence
is occurring at home or with another family member, you can contact the
same hotline or domestic violence organization for help. Domestic
violence that occurs in the home between parent and child or siblings
or other family members is just as serious as teen dating violence and
needs to be addressed.

Many atheletes have have been involved in domestic violence situations. Some of the most famous atheletes of them all include Kobe Bryant, O.J. Simpson, Shawn Merriman and many more. There are many women suffering from the hands of these  atheletes and it seems to get worse and worse. The media although does not focus any attention on atheletes and their domestic violence situations. Here are some burning questions about atheletes and domestic violence, according to Bella Online (The Voice of Women).

• Why isn’t this covered more in the media?
• Do we care more about the
  lives of dogs( referring to the Michael Vick Situation) and men cheating in baseball with drug use then we do the
  life of a woman?
• What about the children of these athletes?
• What kind
  of example are they setting for their children when they are twice as
  big as the mothers yet knock them around and call them names?

"According to Jeff Benedict and Don Yeager's book Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL,
"21 percent of the NFL's players have been charged with a serious
crime. How serious? The docket begins with assault, rape, and domestic
violence and keeps spiraling out of control."

Pesticides are defined in the Columbia Encyclopedia as

"Any toxic substance used to kill animals or plants that damage crops or
ornamental plants or that are hazardous to the health of domestic
animals or humans."

They are typically chemicals used to control different "pests", such as

• insecticides (to kill insects),
• herbicides (to kill weeds),
• rodenticides (to kill rodents),
• and fungicides (to control fungi, mold, and mildew).
  

According to Sustainable Table (sustainabletable.org), over 1 billion tons of pesticides are used in the US every year. 

When crops and animals are saturated in that many chemicals, it is inevitable that they would end up in food supplies. 

 Industrial farms apply these chemicals directly to the skin, fur and feathers of livestock such as cattle, pigs and poultry to keep pests under control

Like all we need technology. Those with all five senses use telephones, cell phones, alram clocks, etc. But of course the deaf can not be left out. They have technology just like we do.

Deaf Technology:

• Deaf Alarm Clocks
• Deaf Telephones
• Advances Hearing Aids
• Hearing Ear Dogs 
• Neckloop and Silhouette

How Do They Work?

Deaf Alarm Clock 

Deaf Telephones

Advanced Hearing Aids

Hearing Ear Dogs

Neckloop and Silhouette

Citations:

http://www.advancedhearingtechnologies.com/

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/deaf-technology.html

http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/images/set3/tin%20can.jpg

http://www.michdhh.org/assistive_devices/hearing_assistive_tech.html#ald...

When people talk about rape or mention the horrible action that rarely speak about the after affects. They never talk about the victum is now changed emotionally and physically.

"About one in three women who are injured during
a rape or physical assault require medical care.
Rape victims can also experience negative mental health outcomes
and are more likely to engage in harmful behaviors to cope with the
trauma, such as drinking, smoking or using drugs." says MedicineNet.com. Who received there information from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(www.cdc.gov)

 Women sometime suffer from a mental disorder called Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), after being assaulted.

Some Symptoms of ASD:

• Feeling numb and detached, like being in a daze or a dream, or feeling that the world is strange and unreal
• Difficulty remembering important parts of the assault
• Reliving the assault through repeated thoughts, memories, or nightmares
• Avoidance of things (places, thoughts, feelings) that remind the woman of the assault
• Anxiety or increased arousal (e.g., difficulty sleeping, concentrating, etc.)

  Other things women may suffer include: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Anger, Shame/Guilt, Social Problems, Sexual Problems, and Alcohol and Drug Use.

 But even with all this information it is almost impossible to know the true affects of rape unless you go through the traumatic experience. 

Now that I have come to the end of most of research I feel as though I am extremely educated on the topic. Through out the past blog post I have covered all the important parts of rape. From the history of rape to what makes people become rapist. In my last post I plan on doing a quick overall summary of everything that I have covered in past blog post.

I just hope that my post were informative enough and will help me complete the project in the upcoming quarter. I also hope they were educational and taught anyone who read them something.

I feel as though it was getting harder to find subject about rape to talk about each week. I just hope that some post didn't come off as repeatative. It's hard to break a topic like this into sub-topics.

Brief Bio: Ludwig, or better known as Beethoven, was deaf well known pianis.He was born in Belgium on December 17, 1770. Music ran in his genes, his father was a musician in the "Court of Bonn," he was also an alcholic. His mother was a humble laid-back woman and warm hearted. In 1801 he began to lose his hearing. Being a deaf musician depressed him but instead of commiting suicide he engaged 120% into his work. Created the master pieces we cherish today.   

Most Popular Compisitions:

- Fur Elise

- 5th Symphony 

- Minuet In G

- Moonlight Sonata

- 9th Symphony: Ode to Joy

Conclusion:

Deafness will only cripple you if you let it. The fact is that life goes on and life is what you make it. Beethoven was indeed sadened by his new disability, but it did not stop him from doing what he loved. And even today he is one of the greatest classical musicians ever known. And in someways being deaf can make you an even more miraculous person.

Citations:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Beethoven.jpg

http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyLudwig.html

http://www.kickassclassical.com/classical-music-popular-famous-best-comp...

• Improve K-12 schooling:

  We
  will recruit an army of new teachers and develop innovative ways to
  reward teachers who are doing a great job, and we will reform No Child
  Left Behind so that we are supporting schools that need improvement,
  rather than punishing them.

• Expand access to higher education:

  After
  graduating high school, all Americans should be prepared to attend at
  least one year of job training or higher education to better equip our
  workforce for the 21st century economy. We will continue to make higher
  education more affordable by expanding Pell Grants and initiating new
  tax credits to make sure any young person who works hard and desires a
  college education can access it.

• Make sure our children are prepared for kindergarten:

  One
  of the most critical times to influence learning in a child's life is
  the period before he or she reaches kindergarten. We will invest in
  early childhood education, by dramatically expanding Head Start and
  other programs to ensure that all of our young children are ready to
  enter kindergarten.

What this means is that in the near future, we are going to develop a merit pay system for teachers. This has it's share of pro's and cons including the fact that that would recruit the best and brightest teachers who would have generally been discouraged because of the low pay. The cons include the fact that merit would be extremely difficult to measure by teacher because of the amount of variables that go into a student's achievment such as the financial ability to get help outside of school, student determination, etc.

What does the average American know about Human Trafficking? This question came to mind when thinking about the topic. This is an issue that effects every single last American with out them knowing they have taken part in this cruel cycle. I asked five average Americans five questions to test their knowledge of human trafficking.

1. What do you know about Human Trafficking?
2. Who do you think is most targeted?
3. What countries do you think this takes place?
4. Do you think Human Trafficking goes on in America?
5. How many people do you think are trafficked every year in America?

I found that people know the bare basics about Human Trafficking but don't know the facts. When I asked, "What do you know about Human Trafficking?", they answered that they didn't know much but they knew women and teen girls are being sexually exploited. Only on person knew the forced labor side of Human Trafficking. When I asked, "Who do you think is most targeted?", the answered young women, but a children are at a high risk and men are targeted for hard labor.

Everybody thought That it was an international business and that Europe and
Africa is the major spots, but it happens in almost every country in the world. I think we have an idea the America is a place of morals and strict justice and we know right from wrong but that isn't true. Human Trafficking does happen here in America and people are trafficked by the thousands.

 A person's condition is diagnosed based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). "The DSM lists specific and concrete criteria for diagnosing nearly 400 disorders in children, adolescents, and adults" (Ellen Pastorino & Susann Doyle-Portillo).

What causes psychological disorders?

This has been the question facing medical practitioners, theologians and psychologists for years.  Since then, they have grown to understand these disorders through a cohesion of multiple theories.  Diagnoses have been known to fall under more than one theory.

Theories, according to "What is Psychology? - Second Addition":

• Biological: Abnormal behavior is due to biological, genetic, and physical processes such as an imbalance in hormones neurotransmitters.
• Sociocultural: Abnormal Behavior is a result of social and cultural influences.
• Psychological:
  • Psychoanalytic Perspective: Abnormal behavior is due to unresolved unconscious conflicts.
  • Social Learning Perspective: Abnormal behavior is due to learning processes like classical and operant conditioning.  It happens in response to environment.  
  • Cognitive Perspective: Abnormal behavior is due to thoughts, expectations, assumptions, and other mental processes.
  • Humanistic Perspective: Abnormal behavior results from distorted perceptions of the self and reality. 
    

Sources:

Pastorino, Ellen, and Susann Doyle-Portillo. What is
Psychology?. 2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning, Inc,
2009. Print. 

According to "Cambodia - Funding law approved for hydropower dams" by Vern Weitzel, "Cambodia remains starved for power and must import most of its electricity from Vietnam and Thailand"

According to "Sustainable Cambodia", their goals for Cambodia is to get: 

• "Fresh Drinking Water Wells
• Biosand Water Filters
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Vegetable Gardens & Irrigation
• Pass-On Farm Animal Program
• Micro-Business & Crop Micro-loans
• Beekeeping
• Village Healthcare Program
• Sylvia Lasky Memorial School (300+ grade-school students)
• Kravanh Bright Futures School (240+ grade-school students)
• University Scholarships (for grade-school graduates)
• Village Preschools
• Adult Literacy
• Mobile Libraries
• Vocational Education"

This list makes me feel sad because Cambodians living in Cambodia don't have freshwater that's accessible compared to us. Also in that list, is water filtering, so even if they have access to water, the water isn't even safe to drink and might even cause a deadly illness or disease. This list is very long, but has many ways to think of resourceable ways to keep things clean with a small price. From my previous post about children works picking up recyclables, if these volunteers teach  them about filtering and how to make them, they can affoard to get water no matter what. One thing I just do not agree with, is the scholarships, mainly because half the population in Cambodia aren't in school, so the money should be put more into get teachers.

According to "Brookline Cambodia Partnership", Education is the key to bringing about significant and lasting change and progress to the people of Cambodia."

According to "Brookline High Teacher Spur Drive to Build Cambodian Schools" by By Neal Simpson/staff writer

• "Staff and students at Brookline High School are helping to build a new school in Cambodia"
• "Brookline Cambodia Partnership to raise about $24,000 to help fund
  construction of an elementary school in a rural area of nation of about
  14.4 million people."
• "Cambodia is roughly the size of Oklahoma"
• "educational opportunities are limited"
• "more than half the population of nearly 14.5 million are under age 21"

Cambodia is in need of help with, not only the works and jobs, but also the education. From my previous and past posts, children in Cambodia are forced to do labor to make money for their family to live and because teachers need to be paid also to teach, the kids dont have a oppurtunity to go to school. Their aren't many school that are free left in Cambodia, so seeing people trying their best to give Cambodia an oppurtunity makes me happy because it's my family's native country and I love seeing all the support people give them.

Stigma - Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain of reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization

"From this we can imagine that people’s highly judgmental attitude stems from fear that they may one day find themselves ‘on the other side’ of the great divide between the sane and the mad."
- Sarah Luczaj

The other day, Thursday the 28th of January,  I was riding the bus home, when a woman got on who didn't seems quite right in her mind.  I only noticed her after I looked up due to a certain smell.  Despite the fact that the bus was fairly crowded, nobody seemed to want to sit near her. Some people even moved.  
    I don't think it applies to just my bus experience in saying that people attempt to avoid those they deem to have mental illness or be in any way unstable.  They don't want to put themselves in a situation that could possibly be dangerous, unpredictable or in any way uncomfortable.  
    Sarah Luczaj writes, "72% of adults in Great Britain believe that there is a stigma associated with having a mental illness...over half of British adults (52%) agree that being diagnosed with a serious mental illness and being diagnosed with cancer are as bad as each other." This is perhaps a naturally built in reaction, or something that "we" as a public have been taught to believe or simply grew into.  According to SAMHSA, "Stigma leads others to avoid living, socializing, or working with, renting to, or employing people with mental disorders - especially severe disorders, such as schizophrenia."
    This doesnt refract well in the minds of these "upredictable" people, who often feel so ashamed and isolated by their problem, that it leads to further amotional damage and can deter their motivation to seek help. (SAMHSA) Additionally, with the way people are being diagnosed these days, most people will technically have some type of mental disorder at some point in their lives (but not necessarily to an extreme.) After all, adds Sarah, "we are all capable of being ‘dangerous’, ‘unpredictable’ and ’scary.’"

Sources:
Luczaj, Sarah. "‘Dangerous and Scary’: The Stigma of Mental Illness ." Counselling Resource. Counselling Resource, 12 Sep 2007. Web. 2 Feb 2010. <http://counsellingresource.com/features/2007/09/12/mental-illness-stigma/>.

SAMHSA. United States. Violence and Mental Illness: The Facts. , 2009. Web. 2 Feb 2010. <http://www.stopstigma.samhsa.gov/topic/facts.aspx>.

History of Rape

 When people talk about rape we always talk about the suffering of young women and men  today, but we never bring up how it started. We never talk about how this whole idea came abou. So in this post I want to talk about how rape first came about in the world.

The first historical evidence of rape was found in religious text. In Greek Mythology rape is seen as abduction. They often talk about the legendary rapes (abductions), which are the rape of Europa by Zeus, the rape of Ganymede by Jupiter, and the rape of Chrysippus by Laius. Each of the inncidents were represented in completely different lights. But this type of rape really has no relation to the rape today. 

The picture above is painting reprecenting the Rape of Ganymede, where Jupiter has taken shape as an eagle in the abduction.

The crime of rape in the sexual sence is also seen in the bible. In that case the women are completely blamed for the assualt and the only way to gain her honor again is to remove herself from the family and commit succide. The English Law, which was represented in the "Commentaries on the Laws of England" has many ways they look at rape. The way they use to handle the during those times was by the women's status and where the rape occured. All the laws and rules (in simplier terms) are stated on the History of Rape site. In general though women were simply treated as objects. Not seen as having feelings. In the most part they only consider the feelings of the woman's father, brother, and husband.

In history the only text where women had some justice was in the Islamic text. The only one punished in assualt is the actual rapist, whos punisment was always death. There is no sin on the women forced to have ses and rape is called Hiraba or Disorder in the Land. To me this seems like only fair representation.