Boys will be Boys & Girls will be Victims?
"Rape Culture. It’s a term that I used in my recent blog, in which I express my anger over the pervasive focus in the media on the effect the guilty verdict affects the “promising futures” of the perpetrators and not what all of this does to the promising future of the sixteen year old rape victim in the Steubenville rape case. What is rape culture? A blog entitled “so you’re tired of hearing about rape culture,” explains it quite succinctly complete with some horrifying visuals (I did not have the stomach for re-posting them, but they are important to see). We live in a society where women are attacked for pointing out the obvious – men should not rape women and boys should be brought up NOT TO COMMIT RAPE. This should be as obvious as we should not murder, we should not commit genocide, and we should not commit rape. So why is this so difficult?..."
finish this article at:
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/boys-will-be-boys-girls-will-be-victims/
F*&k Patriarchy: What about the “Promising Future” of Rape Victims?
Catholic Moral Theology F*&k Patriarchy: What about the “Promising Future” of Rape Victims?
by Meghan Clark
"Is there a war on women? And as much as it pains me to say, it is very difficult to conclude that women and girls are not under attack in the United States of America in 2013. Upon graduation, 1 in 4 women will have been a victim of sexual assault. And if by chance they do report it AND their assailants are convicted….the mainstream media will focus on the “promising futures” of her attackers that are now ruined. And feminism is passé? What about the promising future of the young woman whose life is forever changed by being the victim not only of sexual assault but continually victimized by the pervasive images of her attack on social media?...."
For the rest of the article: http://catholicmoraltheology.com/fk-patriarchy-what-about-the-promising-future-of-rape-victims/
Senate hearings on sexual assault in the military
This article has link to a video of the hearings, convened by NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
A Titan's How-to on Breaking the Glass Ceiling
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/us/sheryl-sandberg-lean-in-author-hopes-to-spur-movement.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Thoughts?