Men Against Rape

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Sin by Silence
A film by Olivia Klaus
Since 1989, Convicted Women Against Abuse, the first inmate-initiated and -led group inside the US prison system, has changed laws for battered women, raised awareness for those on the outside, and educated a system that does not fully comprehend the complexities of domestic abuse. From behind prison walls, SIN BY SILENCE shatters misconceptions and reveals the extraordinary lives of women who have killed their abusers and now advocate for a future free from domestic violence.

Please credit all uses of this video as follows: “Courtesy of Women Make Movies, www.wmm.com.”

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As many as one in four women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. In this episode of Law and Order, Special Victims Unit, undercover detective Olivia Benson is nearly raped by the attacker of a young victim she’s been working with. Soon she is to realize that violence against women is commonplace in the predominately male-run corrections center.

For information or help, go to: http://www.rainn.org.

Remember, abuse is never the victim’s fault. If you or someone you know has been or is being hurt, tell someone. Seek justice.

Law and Order: SVU is copyrighted material, as is the song, “Supergirl”, by Reamonn. They belong to their respective holders. No infringement intended.

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This is the first commercial of the Part of the Solution Campaign, a male accountability campaign about violence against women. This men are all volunteers who are part of the Atlantic County community and who identify themselves as part of the solution to end violence against women.

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YO!TV walks with SFWAR, San Francisco Women Against Rape, during their 2nd annual walk which encourages awareness against sexual assault. Fun and educational all in one!

www.youthoutlook.org
www.newamericamedia.org

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After the silence its time to speak up speak out and educate, inform and rise up against rape, sexual abuse and sexual assault

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Despite heterosexist accusations of higher domestic abuse among homosexuals, The National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center (NVAWPRC, sponsored by the CDC), claims the following:

Suzana Rose, Ph.D. of NVAWPRC:
“Violence appears to be about as common among lesbian couples as among heterosexual couples.”
http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/lesbianrx/factsheet.shtml

One study that has been used to criticize same sex couples based upon domestic abuse prevalence was reviewed by the NVAWPRC, concluding that:

Suzana Rose, Ph.D. of NVAWPRC:
“Abuse was as prevalent among lesbian relationships studied here (55%) as it was in heterosexual relationships (37 to 55%). Questions concerning perpetrating abuse need to distinguish between actions taken in self-defense and actions initiated by the aggressor. This point was not assessed here. Findings are limited by the selective recruiting of participants. Those solicited at a workshop on lesbian battering may have been more likely than a more general sample of lesbians to have been in abusive relationship.”
http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/lesbianrx/violence.shtml

Another NVAWPRC source identifies a slightly different range of domestic violence among the general population:

Vera E. Mouradian, Ph.D. of NVAWPRC:
“statistics indicate that somewhere between 23 percent (Straus, Gelles, & Steinmetz, 1980) and 66 percent (Roy, 1982) of American women are physically assaulted by a spouse or cohabitant lover during their lifetimes”
http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/research/ipvestimates.shtml

The key points here being that:

- Domestic abuse prevalence is not an exact science/ statistic yet and/or there are many inaccurate studies.
- Heterosexual prevalence of domestic abuse could just as likely be higher than homosexual statistics.
- If it was, would this mean that homosexuals should be entitled to adoption etc and all heterosexuals should be banned from it?

Further evidence:

American Bar Association:
“11% of lesbians reported violence by their female partner and 15% of gay men who had lived with a male partner reported being victimized by a male partner.
Patricia Tjaden, Symposium on Integrating Responses to Domestic Violence: Extent and Nature of Intimate Partner Violence (2003).”
http://www.abanet.org/domviol/statistics.html#same-sex

Conservative households, unmarried couples and racial minorities all have a higher likelihood of domestic abuse:

Tjaden & Thoennes, U.S. Dep’t of Just:
“Results from these studies suggest that same-sex couples are about as violent as heterosexual couples”

“Results from these studies show that unmarried, cohabiting couples have higher rates of intimate partner violence than do married couples, (racial) minorities have higher rates of intimate partner violence than do whites.”

“Research shows that wife assault is more common in families where power is concentrated in the hands of the husband or male partner and the husband makes most of the decisions.”
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/181867.htm
Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep’t of Just., NCJ 181867, Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence (2000).

State benefit recipients also have high risk of domestic abuse:

American Bar Association:
“In a recent study of two California counties (Kern and Stanislaus) public benefits recipients had lifetime abuse rates of 80 percent and 83 percent, respectively.”
Joan Meisel, Daniel Chandler & Beth Menees Rienzi, Domestic Violence Prevalence and Effects on Employment, Violence Against Women (2003).
http://www.abanet.org/domviol/statistics.html#welfare

Carrie Brown, Journal of Family Violence:

Carrie Brown:
“gender-role socializations and heterosexism create and enforce stigmas and obstacles for validation and reporting of this abuse.”
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r721857070871538/

General Information on Same Sex domestic violence: http://www.uwstout.edu/cvpp/same_gender_stats.html

Conclusions:

- Arguments based on domestic abuse would involve the banning of racial minorities, those who have been on state benefits, conservative households and many other groups from adoption.
- At worse, same sex couples have domestic abuse rates no higher than opposite sex couples.
- Heterosexism and gender role stereotypes are detrimental to attempts to prevent/ resolve domestic abuse.
- Any attempts to use domestic abuse statistics against homosexuals are therefore doubly flawd as well as hypocritical.
- As married couples are less likely to suffer domestic abuse than cohabiting couples, LGBT people should be granted marriage rights (if heterosexists consider arguments from a domestic violence prevalence perspective to be valid).

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Reese Witherspoon Solutions to End Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence and Human Traffic Vital Voices and Avon Announce Innovative Partnership to End Violence Against Women Worldwide
Initiative Includes $1.2 Million in Donations from the Avon Foundation for Women and Avon Products, Inc. to Fund Bold and Innovative Programs that Seek Sustainable Solutions to End World’s Worst Forms of Violence: Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking

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Learn more about SIN BY SILENCE here http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c759.shtml
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Sin by Silence
A film by Olivia Klaus
Since 1989, Convicted Women Against Abuse, the first inmate-initiated and -led group inside the US prison system, has changed laws for battered women, raised awareness for those on the outside, and educated a system that does not fully comprehend the complexities of domestic abuse. From behind prison walls, SIN BY SILENCE shatters misconceptions and reveals the extraordinary lives of women who have killed their abusers and now advocate for a future free from domestic violence.

Please credit all uses of this video as follows: “Courtesy of Women Make Movies, www.wmm.com.”

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Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape produced first-ever music video about male sexual assault

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This is a story that aired on OETA Public Television’s The Oklahoma News Report in Tulsa Oklahoma as reported by Angela Rosecrans and photojournalist Tim Carson. For more information or to contact us, please go to www.oeta.tv

The verbatim script follows below…

THIS DRAMATIZATION REFLECTS THE REALITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MANY HOMES ACROSS OKLAHOMA EVERY DAY.

OUR STATE IS FOURTH IN THE NATION FOR WOMEN WHO ARE MURDERED BY MEN.

JUST THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 32 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDES AND SEVEN SUICIDES.

TODAY IN TULSA, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND SOCIAL WORKERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE LISTENED TO PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD ABOUT THE EVER-CHANGING LAWS THAT AFFECT VICTIMS AND THOSE WHO HELP THEM.

MARCIA SMITH “it has really become an issue of education and that’s why we have the conference we have trainers that go across the state and train law enforcement officers but the laws change pretty quickly and it’s making sure everyone is on the same page.”

MARCIA SMITH WITH THE OKLAHOMA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

SHE SAYS THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS SUCCESSFUL LAST SESSION IN PASSING SEVERAL LAWS THAT WILL HELP VICTIMS.

SUCH AS…

MARCIA SMITH “if a victim has had the first incidence of violence that would be at a misdemeaner level but if they find a pattern that this individual has perpetrated against other victims and there are two more and they can increase that level to a charge of a felony crime.”

OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT INCLUDED THE NEED FOR MORE PROGRAMS IN OKLAHOMA.

LINDA ANDERSON A COUNCELOR AT THE YWCA IN ENID SAYS IN RECENT MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP INCREASE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

LINDA ANDERSON/ ENID YWCA COUNCELOR “I think the economy has something to do with it I think that summer time we always kind of peak there’s more partying there’s more alcohol involved.”

TRACY REDMON LYALL/ DVIS/CALL RAPE “we know that the economy has brought people into us for services more often and summertime does the same thing. Heat, children being at home brings people into our counseling drives up our calls drives up our numbers at our emergency shelters.”

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES SAY THE ECONOMY IS ALSO CAUSING THERE TO BE LESS SERVICES AVAILABLE.

BUT THAT DOESN’T CHANGE THEIR MESSAGE TO VICTIMS OF ABUSE.

MARCIA SMITH “you need to call and ask for help if you don’t ask we have a wonderful network even with the capacity issues we have a wonderful network of individuals who are willing to help but that individual has to make the call and ask.”

OKLAHOMA’S SAFELINE NUMBER IS 1-800-522-safe (7233).

IN TULSA, ANGELA ROSECRANS, THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

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