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- 1. GENDER-BASED Violence in the U.S. STACEY PEREIRA
- 2. WHY?
- 3. HCP Focused on domestic abuse and sexual assault as the two main forms of gender-based violence Set the context of the problem in three ways: 1. Explore the historical relationship between the patriarchy and it’s ideological justifications of violence against women and how it became a part of American society. 2. Analyze how such attitudes remain entrenched in modern day society and how acts of violence against women are trivialized and normalized. 3. Women experience sexual assault and domestic violence at different frequencies Cuts across the lines of race, sexuality, income-level, community (rural, suburban and urban) CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 44% of lesbians and 61% of bisexual women experience rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, compared to 35% of heterosexual women (“Sexual Assault and the LGBTQ community”, hrc.org). For LGBTQ survivors of sexual violence it is even more difficult for them to seek help from police, hospitals, shelter or rape crisis centers because of the discrimination they face surrounding their identities.
- 4. AP Focusing on the problem of sexual assault Two main approaches I. Responding II. Preventing
- 5. I. Responding ”2 out of 3 [sexual assaults] go unreported” to the police (rainn.org) Figure 1. This was taken from rainn.org and lists various reasons sexual assaults are not reported
- 6. I. Repsonding (cont.) Improving police response to sexual assault (see Tracy Ulman skit in comments) Initial responses from police are important and if poorly conducted can sabotage an entire investigation A survey found that 10% of police officers believed 10-50% of victims were lying about being raped and another 10% believed 51-100% of women give false reports (Human Rights Watch 22) Studies show that only 2-10% percent of reports are false (Human Rights Watch 22)
- 7. I. Responding (cont.) It improves confidence in police and the criminal justice system Rate of reported rapes increases Ex: Kansas City, Philadelphia, Austin, Missouri and Grand Rapids Figure . This was taken from the Human Rights Watch report, “Improving Sexual Assault.” It lists the practices the police departments of Kansas City, Austin and Philadelphia have implemented to ensure all sexual assault cases are properly investigated
- 8. II. PREVENTING Education and raising awareness Defining consent Providing support and resources for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence (ex: UCI CARE)
- 9. Figure 4. Obtained from “About CARE” webpage. http://www.care.uci.edu/about/about.html
- 10. Final comments Improving research to get a better picture about sexual assault Investing in research that measures which methods work Are legislations and policies successfully holding suspects accountable Is education and awareness about sexual assault changing views/beliefs or teaching people that mistreating “out of fashion”
- 11. Works Cited Human Rights Watch. “Improving Police Response to Sexual Assault.” 2013. Web. Accessed 9 August 2017. www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/improvingSAInvest_0.pdf. “The Criminal Justice System: Statistics.” RAINN, https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system. Accessed 10 Aug. 2017
Editor's Notes
- Why did I choose this topic? I chose it because growing up I was taught that the best way to prevent sexual assault was to be careful and to make the right choices. By right choices I mean, not dressing provocatively, not drinking too much, etc. I've always felt that that was unfair and that it ultimately doesn't work.
- In ancient Greece, only men were considered citizens Domestic violence was considered a private matter Law of thumb= English common law in colonial America that stated a husband had the right to chatise his wife with a whipe or rattan no bigger than his thumb in order to enforce domestic discipline. 1977 CA Penal Code stated that
- - If
- were selected to be part of Human Rights Watch’s investigation because they had undertaken “reforms to improve their investigations of sexual assault crimes.” All four cities saw a significant increase in the number of reported rapes which can indicate increased confidence in police and more accurate data collection and reporting by police departments
- UCI CARE:
- Sexual violence in the U.S. is notoriously difficult to measure, stats always vary No source aptly provides a complete picture of the crime White supremacist demonstrations in Charlottesville, VA further proved racism still exists in today’s society. While African-Americans are no longer explicitly treated as unequal by the law and racist laws have been abolish (i.e. segregation and Jim Crow laws) Racist sentiments remain entrenched in American society. Racism in modern America is beyond the scope of my AP paper and a completely different topic. It is a useful comparison as they are both problems deeply rooted in the established order and culture of America and provides insight on the significance and impact of education and raising awareness in changing long established social views. In the case of racism, changing policies and laws has clearly not been enough.