Almost all Australians now acknowledge that domestic violence is a crime, but a quarter of the nation believe women make false claims about being raped, and one in five think violence is OK if the perpetrator later regrets their actions. – The Age
Let’s try phrasing that a little differently.
Almost all Australians now acknowledge that an act that written into the criminal code as unlawful, is actually unlawful, while the rest think it’s still lawful.
One in five think committing a crime is alright if you feel badly about it afterwards.
Okay, so there’s progress being made, but obviously some people are still… what’s the word? Oh, yes. Towering mounds of asshead.
Over their lifetimes, one in five Australian women will be sexually assaulted, and one in three will be physically assaulted. One in four Australian children will witness violence against their mother or stepmother. Less than a third of victims will report the crime – The Age
And those figures are even worse in many other first-world countries.
41% of female US Army veterans report being sexually assaulted during their service. The figure is potentially double that, as apparently 50% or so don’t report it.
It’s enough to make you cry. It’s more than enough to make me cry.
Domestic violence of any sort is hurtful. This classic pretty much sums it up!
http://www.adsneeze.com/social/domestic-violence-ads
Coincidentally, it also emphasises how important it is NOT to crossbreed human beings and alien xenomorphs, or so I’ve been told!
Tateru: “Every woman I know has been sexually assaulted.”
Me: “But I haven… uh. I’ve only been assaulted mildly.”
Tateru: (gives me THAT look)
Me: “Okay, okay.”
When I talk about it with other women, ones like me who “haven’t been assaulted” turn out to have never been sexually assaulted “enough to really matter”.
So we as a society (or societies) need to ask ourselves: does it matter if our daughters, sisters, mothers and wives get strangers’ hands up our skirts?
If twelve year old girls sitting on trains have adult men sitting next to them fondling their thighs, and the girl is too embarassed and scared to know what to do?
Is it acceptable for a lecturer at university to clearly and unambiguously imply that a student has worked as a prostitute?
(cont)
Those are among my “haven’t been assaulted enough to really matter” cases – and that’s just the ones I can think of off the top of my head without trying.
But in the statistics, I’d be counted as one of the ‘four in five’ who’ve never been sexually assaulted. I’d also be counted as one of the ‘two in three’ who’ve never been physically assaulted, though I have been. I just don’t talk about it.
No, no it’s not. and for what it’s worth, I wasted three months suing the bastard out of his lovely well-paid tenured position. Apparently, tenure doesn’t mean “For Life” if you’re a criminal bastard.
Go you, Patch! Mine actually GOT tenure after that incident, despite it being in front of the entire first-year class. And not the only such event.
However, he lost tenure for plagiarism later on. Plagiarised one of his co-workers at the same university! (Stoopid)
And even later, died. Apparently, under suspicious circumstances. heheheh. (No, I had nothing to do with it. But I can’t feel sorry for him either.)
1/3 of Italian women are victim of domestic violence.
details (Italian): http://bit.ly/7K0×6w
QUOTE from BBC Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8376943.stm
“Every school pupil in England is to be taught that domestic violence against women and girls is unacceptable, as part of a new government strategy.
Under the plans, from 2011 children will be taught from the age of five how to prevent violent relationships”.
I’d like to think that this may help, but I can’t get too optimistic; it is a UK Government initiative after all.
violence against people, domestic or otherwise, is bad, period.