The abuse is never ending
Oh, and a warning, don't even try to make the case that the US is better; it might lead to a really nasty reply
Violence against women is "an extensive human rights abuse" across Europe with one in three women reporting some form of physical or sexual abuse since the age of 15 and 8% suffering abuse in the last 12 months,
• One in 10 women have experienced some form of sexual violence since the age of 15, while one in 20 has been raped.
• One in 10 women have been stalked by a previous partner.
• Most violence is carried out by a current or former partner, with 22% of women in relationships reporting partner abuse.
• About one third (31%) who report being raped by a partner have been repeatedly raped, which the report defines as six or more times.
• Violence against women is one of the least reported crimes. Only 14% of women reported their most serious incident of partner violence to the police, while a similar percentage (13%) reported their most serious incident of non-partner violence.
• Just over one in 10 women experienced some form of sexual violence by an adult before they were 15.
This does
not diverge from a previous global study
The report, Global and regional estimates of violence against women: Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence, represents the first systematic study of global data on the prevalence of violence against women – both by partners and non-partners. Some 35% of all women will experience either intimate partner or non-partner violence. The study finds that intimate partner violence is the most common type of violence against women, affecting 30% of women worldwide.
I hear a lot of talk about freedom these days.
I hear a great deal more denial.
Now I could go on a full scale bloody rant, but this just makes me want to cry.
No War on Women, really, since fucking when?
It is a continual and brutal war with real victims.
Never mind assaulting women with ultra-sound probes, removing access to health care, lower salaries and lack of adequate representation the world over.
Forget the slut smears, the way you dress, the aspirins between the knees.
Forget the modern slave trade
Fuck anyone that thinks that this is normal.
Fuck em.
The lack of coming forward to the authorities is due to fear, fear of continued and intensified abuse. The fear of being written off as a silly women, the fear of being called a liar, the fear of some distorted concept of honor within our own families.
Sometimes the feeling of total isolation and powerlessness in a system designed to ignore that leads to silence and acceptance.
The lot of a second class citizen.
There is a real and pertinent need for Feminism.