Abuse Against Women
The organization that obtained my attention is Women’s Media Center aka WMC. This organization is a fantastic group of people who investigate about women 's sexual assault. The WMC was founded in December 1948 in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi in the United States. What’s interesting about this organization is that is is currently in 44 different countries helping to expose humanitarian, sexual assault, civil right violations etc. In the case of Mexico, the Women Under Siege project is actively trying to expose the countless amounts of violence against women. This project is international, and they are not funded by the United States or any governmental institution. The importance about this organization is that they …show more content…
Experiences of rape, torture, and murder are some of the few examples of social grievances. Why do women have to go through all the pain. In These experiences affect everyone directly or indirectly. It is important for these experiences to be accepted as public suffering. During this phase is normally when protests and activist groups are made, and they publicly express their minds and experiences to the public. When the experiences of the victims are not accepted they are often dismissed or ignored by society. Many people who don’t understand these experiences fully are often the first to blame the victim. For example, I 've heard that some politicians claim that if a victim of rape gets pregnant then it’s not rape at all. These kinds of statements often diminishes the importance of the event to the public because it is regarded as avoidable or viewed as if they deserved it. This becomes a huge issue not only for the community that is being ignored, but for the individuals. This kind of ignorance harbors major problems that leads to depression, drinking, poverty, and domestic violence. The media normally presents human suffering to us after the event had happened, and cope with the severity of the problems to a manageable level of suffering. An example of this could be in a form of storytelling, documenting it in history, or even through the media. Even though these methods are used …show more content…
The experiences of rape, torture, and murder are expressed. For example, in Juarez the families of the victims, activists and survivors publicly demand justice and change. The painting of pink crosses are used in order to reclaim territory that was claimed by gangs. Through the expression of grievances, movements that demand justice and demand for the rights of women gain recognition and power. During this phase politicians sometimes try to discredit victims through the usage of expressing their own corrupt ideas about the victims. They sometimes call women derogatory names like “public women”, which often refers to a woman as a prostitute or other terms that are used in the attempt to take away power from women (116 Pineda-Madrid). The fourth factor is about the overall coverage of the violence. This comes in a form of the media or storytelling about individual experiences. The media basically summarizes the problem. News reports about the horrific events in Juarez are briefly mentioned to the point that it doesn’t give the issue any justice. The media also reports these events in a way where it can be easier for society to digest (20 Pineda-Madrid). Graphic pictures or examples are hardly shown due to censorship. Although, mutilated bodies and personal testimonies about an individual’s experiences of rape would be very powerful and would most likely get the support of the
The organization that obtained my attention is Women’s Media Center aka WMC. This organization is a fantastic group of people who investigate about women 's sexual assault. The WMC was founded in December 1948 in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi in the United States. What’s interesting about this organization is that is is currently in 44 different countries helping to expose humanitarian, sexual assault, civil right violations etc. In the case of Mexico, the Women Under Siege project is actively trying to expose the countless amounts of violence against women. This project is international, and they are not funded by the United States or any governmental institution. The importance about this organization is that they …show more content…
Experiences of rape, torture, and murder are some of the few examples of social grievances. Why do women have to go through all the pain. In These experiences affect everyone directly or indirectly. It is important for these experiences to be accepted as public suffering. During this phase is normally when protests and activist groups are made, and they publicly express their minds and experiences to the public. When the experiences of the victims are not accepted they are often dismissed or ignored by society. Many people who don’t understand these experiences fully are often the first to blame the victim. For example, I 've heard that some politicians claim that if a victim of rape gets pregnant then it’s not rape at all. These kinds of statements often diminishes the importance of the event to the public because it is regarded as avoidable or viewed as if they deserved it. This becomes a huge issue not only for the community that is being ignored, but for the individuals. This kind of ignorance harbors major problems that leads to depression, drinking, poverty, and domestic violence. The media normally presents human suffering to us after the event had happened, and cope with the severity of the problems to a manageable level of suffering. An example of this could be in a form of storytelling, documenting it in history, or even through the media. Even though these methods are used …show more content…
The experiences of rape, torture, and murder are expressed. For example, in Juarez the families of the victims, activists and survivors publicly demand justice and change. The painting of pink crosses are used in order to reclaim territory that was claimed by gangs. Through the expression of grievances, movements that demand justice and demand for the rights of women gain recognition and power. During this phase politicians sometimes try to discredit victims through the usage of expressing their own corrupt ideas about the victims. They sometimes call women derogatory names like “public women”, which often refers to a woman as a prostitute or other terms that are used in the attempt to take away power from women (116 Pineda-Madrid). The fourth factor is about the overall coverage of the violence. This comes in a form of the media or storytelling about individual experiences. The media basically summarizes the problem. News reports about the horrific events in Juarez are briefly mentioned to the point that it doesn’t give the issue any justice. The media also reports these events in a way where it can be easier for society to digest (20 Pineda-Madrid). Graphic pictures or examples are hardly shown due to censorship. Although, mutilated bodies and personal testimonies about an individual’s experiences of rape would be very powerful and would most likely get the support of the