Thinking about violece against women on an instituonal level. INST 205-Section Nine.doc. Nagel%20-%20Rape%20and%20War. 'The Invisible War' Changing the Conversation on Rape in the Military. Kori Cioca, a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard featured in the film “The Invisible War,” was denied veteran’s health benefits to cover treatment to her jaw, which she says was broken during a sexual assault by one of her superior officers.
Photo courtesy of Cinedigm/Docurama Lawmakers are paying close attention to a new Academy Award-nominated documentary that exposes a persistent climate of rape within the U.S. military. NewsHour senior correspondent Judy Woodruff talked with a pair of Democrats, along with filmmakers and experts, last week after a screening of “The Invisible War,” in light of a Defense Department estimate that in 2010 more than 19,000 service members were sexually assaulted. The film, in the running for a 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, presents story after story of former servicewomen and men across all branches of the military who say they were sexually assaulted by a fellow service member during the time of their service. Related. Military rape victims: Stop blaming us. Army specialist testified she was raped several times19,000 men and women are assaulted a year; only 3,200 are reportedA military chaplain told one victim that rape was "God's will" (CNN) -- BriGette McCoy described how she was raped on her first military assignment, two weeks before her 19th birthday.
She described how, later that year, she was raped by another soldier in her unit. Then came sexual harassment by two officers -- including one who requested that she be moved to work directly for him, she said Wednesday. Testifying before lawmakers, the former Army specialist described the "anguish" and "entrapment" she felt, and the horror of the ordeal that followed. "I no longer have any faith or hope that the military chain of command will consistently prosecute, convict, sentence and carry out the sentencing of sexual predators in uniform without absconding justice somehow," she told the Senate Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on personnel. Maj. Read: Rape in the military Sen. Rape victims say military labels them 'crazy' Women accuse military of using psychiatric diagnoses to oust sexual assault victims"I couldn't trust my chain of command to ever back me up," says an alleged victim3,191 military sexual assaults reported in '11: "Unacceptable," says defense secretaryPentagon is assessing its training for sexual assault prevention and response (CNN) -- Stephanie Schroeder joined the U.S.
Marine Corps not long after 9/11. She was a 21-year-old with an associate's degree when she reported for boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina. "I felt like it was the right thing to do," Schroeder recalls. A year and a half later, the Marines diagnosed her with a personality disorder and deemed her psychologically unfit for the Corps. Stephanie Schroeder, Anna Moore, Jenny McClendon and Panayiota Bertzikis say they were raped and then discharged from the military. Anna Moore enlisted in the Army after 9/11 and planned to make a career of it. I'm not crazy. McClendon says she had a similar reaction. A similar pattern Dr. The Normalization of Intimate Partner Violence in Beauty and the Beast. Study Reveals Troubling Violence Against Women Statistics. By Naima Ramos-Chapman | December 20, 2011 at 10:47 pm A new study by the Center for Disease Control reveals that violence against women continues to be a significant problem in the United States, and some of the troubling findings indicate that sexual violence occurs at a high rate.
According to the national survey, nearly one in five women has been raped or has experienced an attempted rape. The results also found that one in six women has been stalked, and one in four have been reported being beaten by their intimate partner. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey [PDF], conducted by the CDC in 2010, found that the majority of victims encountered rape and sexual assault for the first time in their youth. According to the New York Times, the study also linked being raped at an early age with being more likely to be raped in adulthood–about 35 percent of women who had been raped as minors also reported rapes as adults. Fast facts: statistics on violence against women and girls.
Between 15 and 76 percent of women are targeted for physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to the available country data. Most of this violence takes place within intimate relationships, with many women (ranging from 9 to 70 percent) reporting their husbands or partners as the perpetrator. Across the 28 States of the European Union, a little over one in five women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence from a partner (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014). Femicide In Guatemala, two women are murdered, on average, each day.In India, 8,093 cases of dowry-related death were reported in 2007; an unknown number of murders of women and young girls were falsely labeled ‘suicides’ or ‘accidents’.In Australia, Canada, Israel, South Africa and the United States, between 40 and 70 percent of female murder victims were killed by their intimate partners. Violence and Young Women Harmful Practices Trafficking Sexual Harassment Rape in the context of Conflict.
Hate Crime Victimization, 2003-2011. Lynn Langton, Ph.D., Michael Planty, Ph.D., Nathan Sandholtz, BJS Intern March 21, 2013 NCJ 241291 Presents annual counts and rates of hate crime victimization that occurred from 2003 through 2011, using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The report examines changes over time in hate crime victimizations, including the type of bias that motivated the hate crime, the type of crime, whether the incident was reported to police, and characteristics of the incident, offender, and victim.
In addition, the report compares characteristics of hate crime and nonhate crime victimization. NCVS estimates are supplemented by data from official police reports of hate crime from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Hate Crime Statistics Program. Highlights: From 2007 to 2011, an estimated annual average of 259,700 nonfatal violent and property hate crime victimizations occurred against persons age 12 or older residing in U.S. households. Part of the Hate Crime Series. Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994-2010. Marcus Berzofsky, Dr.P.H., RTI, Christopher Krebs, Ph.D., RTI, Lynn Langton, Ph.D., BJS, Michael Planty, Ph.D., BJS, Hope Smiley-McDonald, Ph.D., RTI March 7, 2013 NCJ 240655 Presents trends in the rate of completed or attempted rape or sexual assault against females from 1995 to 2010.
The report examines demographic characteristics of female victims of sexual violence and characteristics of the offender and incident, including victim-offender relationship, whether the offender had a weapon, and the location of the victimization. The report also examines changes over time in the percentages of female victims of sexual violence who suffered an injury and received formal medical treatment, reported the victimization to the police, and received assistance from a victim service provider. Highlights: From 1995 to 2010, the estimated annual rate of female rape or sexual assault victimizations declined 58%, from 5.0 victimizations per 1,000 females age 12 or older to 2.1 per 1,000. USDOJ: Office on Violence Against Women. RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network | RAINN: The nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization.One of “America’s 100 Best Charities" —Worth magazine. Rape Myths and Facts | Roger Williams University.
Myth: Rape is caused by lust or uncontrollable sexual urges and the need for sexual gratification. Fact: Rape is an act of physical violence and domination that is not motivated by sexual gratification. Myth: Once a man gets sexually aroused, he can't just stop. Fact: Men do not physically need to have sex after becoming sexually excited. Moreover, they are still able to control themselves after becoming aroused. Myth: Women often lie about rape or falsely accuse someone of rape. Fact: Statistical studies indicate false reports make up two percent or less of the reported cases of sexual assault. This figure is approximately the same for other types of crimes. Myth: Women provoke sexual assault by their appearance. Fact: Rapists do not select their victims by their appearance.
Myth: Sexual assault is a topic that only concerns women, and men do not have to be concerned about sexual assault. Myth: If a woman really did not want to be raped, she could fight off her attacker. Watch: Female Infanticide. Case Study: Female Infanticide Focus: (1) India (2) China Summary The phenomenon of female infanticide is as old as many cultures, and has likely accounted for millions of gender-selective deaths throughout history. It remains a critical concern in a number of "Third World" countries today, notably the two most populous countries on earth, China and India. The background "Female infanticide is the intentional killing of baby girls due to the preference for male babies and from the low value associated with the birth of females. " another type of government killing whose victims may total millions ...
Rummel adds: "Instances of infanticide ... are usually singular events; they do not happen en masse. Focus (1): India As John-Thor Dahlburg points out, "in rural India, the centuries-old practice of female infanticide can still be considered a wise course of action. " Lakshmi already had one daughter, so when she gave birth to a second girl, she killed her. Focus (2): China How many die? C.Sarah Soh paper. Human Dignity and Sexual Culture:A Reflection on the 'Comfort Women' Issues Chunghee Sarah Soh, Ph.D. San Francisco State University Introduction The purpose of this paper is to reflect on a particular dimension of the complex issues involving the Comfort Women movement for redress by focusing on what I call 'masculinist sexual culture'.
The androcentric euphemism 'comfort women' (ianfu) is an official coinage of imperial Japan, and was used to categorically refer to young females of various ethnic and national backgrounds and social circumstances who became sexual laborers for the Japanese troops before and during the Second World War. Seen from an anti-Japan, nationalist perspective prevalent among activists especially in South Korea, the comfort women issue is simple and clear: Japan as a colonial power exploited Korea's human resources by rounding up tens of thousands of young unmarried girls and women to be used as military sex slaves.
Korean Sexual Culture: An Historical Overview. Rape | V-Day: A Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls Worldwide. Violence Against Women Statistics | V-Day: A Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls Worldwide.