Open ed : rape culture, sexual violence , and how pop culture plays a part. Articles/ Statistics : Sexual Violence is Preventable | CDC, Glamorizing Sexual Assault in Television & Film Needs to Stop — Day One (dayoneny.org), Rape Culture – Women’s & Gender Center (marshall.edu) Rape culture is an environment where rape and sexual … Read more
The article I choose for this blog is https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/in-focus-gender-equality-in-covid-19-response/violence-against-women-during-covid-19. This article talks about the rise in gender based violence issues for women , since covid 19 has swept the nation and continues to thrive. They refer to the issue as a a “shadow pandemic.” AS a way to refer to this issue as being a … Read more
An article that stood out to me was, No Justice No Freedom: Medical Abuse in Private Prisons. Across the country there is Immigration Detention. https://womensenews.org/2021/09/no-justice-no-freedom-medical-abuse-in-private-prisons/. [ninja_form id=]Immigration Detention holds immigrants with suspected violations of Visas , or in general is the term used for holding illegal immigrants. In these Immigration Detention Centers across the country, … Read more
Chosen article:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/17/uk-violence-against-women-police-report/ I found an interesting article about sexual assault and harassment on women, that is occurring extremely frequently in London. This article opened my eyes to a current crisis I did not previously know existed. In The United Kingdom, a woman is killed by a partner or ex-partner every three days. Three Fourths of … Read more
The article I chose was https://womensenews.org/2021/07/as-we-leave-afghanistan-dont-abandon-women-and-girls. This article is called “As we Leave Afghanistan, Don’t Abandon Women and Girls.” I chose this article because it is relevant to recent topics that we discussed in class, and to what is currently going on in our world (the taliban take over). Afghanistan women have always been marginalized … Read more