's Office on Violence Against Women survey showed that only 12% of 478 sexual violence punishments were expulsions. 28% were suspensions, and the rest were reprimands, counseling, community service, and other unspecified punishments. For instance, despite its Sexual Misconduct Board receiving five formal complaints just within the 2013-2014 school year alone, the University of Virginia has not expelled a single student for sexual transgressions between 2004 and 2014. Moreover, Wesleyan reduced…
same-sex couples, but doesn’t want to see those couples display affection in public”(Geiger, Kim). It is my opinion that as a society based as a whole most people views this attitude. I do not agree with this concept and believe all couples regardless of sexual orientation should be able to display affection towards one another without the fear of retaliation or harm to them. Public display of affection by same sex couples causes issues all over the world. In 2006, “Zimbabwee passed legislation…
Rape Culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence. In a more then over sexualized quick shot, company Calvin Klein proves just how well misogyny and lack of respect for woman is alive(Fig.1). Company Calvin Klein was founded in 1968 and…
Mary Wollstonecraft once wrote, “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” This quote is of importance because many women today still feel like they do not have a say in what happens to them or to their bodies. Rape is an example of the lack of control that women have over themselves and demonstrates how their voices are not being heard. These unequal rights are exhibited in The Round House by Louise Erdrich, when Geraldine is raped her voice is not heard and…
In Mark Thompson’s article, “Military Sexual Assault Victims Discharged After Filing Complaints,” he makes the point that victims in the military of sexual assault are getting discharged a couple of months after they file a complaint. Thompson gives an example of this in the beginning of the article when he talks about a woman named Emily Vorland. She was discharged from the Army after being sexually harassed after filing a complaint while she was deployed in Iraq. Vorland was discharged…
connection with the Duggars? It involves the lawsuit that five women have filed against the Institute of Basic Life Principles an organization that the Duggar family is a part of. The lawsuit alleges that the board of directors enabled and covered u sexual abuse of interns, employees, and other people taking part in the programs offered by the Institute of Basic Life Principles. Gil Bates, a director of the Institute of Basic Principles in Dallas, Texas is named in the lawsuit. Like Jim Bob…
A recollection of my personal experiences of using public restrooms as a transwoman in the Philippines, as well as those bathroom stories shared to me by transwomen friends, gave me the urge to pen this reaction piece on how trans* and gender non-conforming people, through seemingly innocent, apolitical practices such as using the toilet, are 'queering' citizenship by asserting their right to access public spaces that validate their gender identity (including the uniqueness or possible lack of…
is a type of sexual assault where the assailant forces sexual intercourse on a victim without consent. When a person thinks of rape in the military they may think of the enemy kidnapping soldiers and raping them. But this is not the case, the very soldiers that risks their lives to protect us get raped by a fellow soldiers within the military. Many people lack awareness about this very topic because the victims have fear in reporting it. If people knew about the high rates of sexual assault and…
it’s not straight, not normal for a male to watch My Little Pony.” Accusations of homosexuality by friends, family, and complete strangers is one layer of allegations fans contend with, however, there are insinuations of zoophilia. Linking Bronies sexual practices with animals is an argument circulating against the fandom. One young man from Illinois recounts a coworker becoming visibly angry at…
A survey says that 1 in the 7 of the girls in developing countries get married before the age of 15 and get pregnant before or, at the age of 20. In many sexual abuse cases related to teen age girls mostly the culprit is a person known by the victim. (march 16 th). (The peoplespeak .org). The UN is one of the main organizations that provides help to countries with high of crime against women. Child marriage…