Continuum of Sexual Violence
–forced, coerced, manipulated, or nonconsensual sexual activity
Sexual violence:
forced, coerced, manipulated, or nonconsensual sexual activity
- Sexual violence affects individual women's lives and bodies
- It restricts, inflicts fear, on all women
- It inhibits the liberty and freedom of association of ALL women
- Finally, it affects all men by teaching and reinforcing men's entitlement/male privilege. It encourages men to feel entitled, excused, to touch, grab women; to take advantage, to force women to participate in their (men’s) sexual gratification.
* Rape and its prevalence
* Gains/reform made by feminist movements
* Types of rape
–when, who, what
–the average rapist
* Statistics and reporting un/reliability
* Degree of physical injury
* Stranger rape and how to avoid it
* After an assault - most go unacknowledged
* Fear as oppressive force (male privilege)
Signs of hope and change:
Shout Out ed. by Maria Ochoa & Barbara Ige
Domestic Violence map at NGLTF
Ten Things Men Can Do to Prevent Gender Violence
Domestic violence: Defending Our Lives
* Battering is the major cause of serious injury to women in America, more than auto accidents, muggings and rapes combined.
* About a third of women murdered are killed by husbands, boyfriends, cohabitants, dates, fiances… “This is my wife”
* Most dangerous place: Women are in 9x more danger in their own home than on the street.
* Domestic violence is a family issue - 63%.
* Most dangerous time for women is when they leave.