Hate crimes against women in America are often underreported because women are not explicitly listed as a protected class under hate crime laws. However, evidence suggests that some crimes against women are motivated by bias based solely on their gender. Pending legislation would add sex to hate crime categories and require collection of data on gender-motivated crimes. Human trafficking disproportionately impacts women and girls who are targeted for sexual and labor exploitation.

1. Hate Crimes
Against
Women in
America
Created by
Hunter Nelson

2. ● A gender-based hate crime is a crime that
is committed because of the defendant's
bias or hate towards that specific gender.
What is a gender-based hate crime?

3. ● Hate crimes against women aren’t known in statistics, because they
aren’t identified as a class under the Hate Crime Statistics Act.
● Many say that crimes against women are personal, but there is
evidence that some crimes are biased just because they are women.
● A pending Local Law Enforcement Hate Crime Prevention Act
(LLEHCPA) would add “sex” to the categories of hate crimes, and
would require the FBI to collect statistics on gender-motivated crimes
from police departments across the country.
● The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was enacted to protect
women from hate crimes.
More on gender hate crimes (cont).

4. ● December 12, 1972-December 31, 1993.
● Born Teena Renae Brandon, and grew
up with her mother and older sister in
Lincoln, NE.
● Was a “trans-man”, which means he was
anatomically born a girl, but felt that she
was a boy born in a girl’s body.
● Sexually abused by uncle for many
years.
● As a teenager, she began identifying as
a male, and dated many teenage girls
during this time.
● Socially, awkward, but became more
outgoing.
● Was identified as having a severe
“sexual identity crisis”.
Brandon Teena
Brandon Teena as a teenager

5. Video: Boys Don’t Cry (1999)

6. ● Moved to Falls City, NE in 1993, and
became friends with many locals.
● Began dating Lana Tisdel, whose ex-
boyfriend and his friend would end up
killing Teena.
● Teena was put in jail for car theft and
forging checks, therefore, Tisdel paid
bail, and Teena said he was a
hermaphrodite after being put in the
women’ section.
● After a news article from Lincoln came
out stating Teena’s real name, the truth
was revealed.
● John Lotter and Tom Nissen raped and
beat him, then shot and killed him and
two others a week later. Lotter is on
death row, and Nissen is serving life
sentences.
Brandon Teena (cont).

7. Video: The Brandon Teena Story on 20/20

8. ● Occured October 2, 2006 in Bart
Township, PA.
● Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took
the girl students hostage in an Amish
Schoolhouse, and shot ten girls (ages 6-
13), then shot himself.
● Entered the school, and asked the
students if they had seen a clevis pin in
the road.
● Ordered the boys to leave the room,
along with many of the adults, and had
the 11 ladies line up against the
blackboard.
● Tied their legs while teacher ran to call
police.
● Then proceeded to shoot the girls, then
shot himself.
Amish Schoolhouse Shooting

9. ● Gunman targeted the girls on purpose.
● He claims he was still “angry at God” for
his infant daughter dying in 1997.
● Claimed something awful happened with
a woman almost twenty years ago.
● This was why he had a bias hate
towards women.
● Had a wife and three children, and he
was described as your typical good
father.
● Was observed by colleagues as having
a sudden sullen mood change within the
past months, but perked up a week
before the shooting.
● It’s believed he originally meant to
sexually assault the girls.
Amish Schoolhouse Shooting (cont.)

10. Video: Amish Schoolhouse Shooting News Report

11. ● Human trafficking is the trade of humans for sexual and labor, or organ
trading purposes. Many, especially women, are sold into being sex
slaves.
● Women tend to be a main target of trafficking.
● Has become a major crime market that makes a lot of money.
● Many foreign men target young American girl tourists, or just young
women in general.
● Many, especially in Albania, specialize in trafficking in women.
● Statistics on the video.
Human Trafficking

12. Video: Human Trafficking in the movie Taken