Continuum of Sexual Violence

–forced, coerced, manipulated, or nonconsensual sexual activity

 

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Sexual violence: 
forced, coerced, manipulated, or nonconsensual sexual activity

 

 

 

* Rape and its prevalence

* Gains/reform made by feminist movements

* 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:

DeAnza

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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.

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Women in film:

Current stats: 40-80% of women convicted of murder acting in self-defense Most women who kill do not have criminal histories.

One third-one of murdered women are killed by male partners; four percent of men are murdered by their partners. The number of men killed by female partners has gone way down over the years, due to public education, domestic violence education and shelters, and economic opportunities for women. Yet the number of women murdered by husband and boyfriends has not decreased significantly.

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