Rape Worn Not on a Sleeve, but Right Over the Heart: Jennifer Baumgardner, a 37-year-old writer and feminist activist based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is planning to distribute a T-shirt that allows women to proclaim that they have been raped. The pale pink T-shirt has an illustration of a safe and inside the safe is a note with the words "I was raped" [photo link]Visit "I was raped: Wear Your Voice Out" at Scarleteen.
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And the point of this tee shirt is??? While the awareness of the sad fact that women and men are raped at an alarming rate, this shirt would appear only to inflame or anger an indiviual. If the author of this shirt truly wanted to make a lasting inpact, the local crises hotline number might be listed or another such item.
ReplyDeleteAnd the point of this tee shirt is??? While the awareness of the sad fact that women and men are raped at an alarming rate, this shirt would appear only to inflame or anger an indiviual. If the author of this shirt truly wanted to make a lasting inpact, the local crises hotline number might be listed or another such item.
ReplyDeleteThat is an appauling idea. This will only demoralise the woman wearing the T-shirt.
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The Department of Justice needs to create a special department within itself that spcecifically focuses on sexual assault and rape investigations. Just like the Justice Department has the Drug Enforcement Agency for illegal narcotics investigations, it needs to have a special department for sexual assault and rape investigations. Present statistics are a s follows: An average of 1 in 6 women report being raped every year. However, seeing as how most rapes are not reported, it is estimated that actually 1 in 4 women are raped every year. And, in the rape cases that are reported, the conviction rate is about 5 or 6 percent. That is deplorable conviction rate! I believe this low conviction rate is why many women don't report their rapes. They know there will probably be no conviction, so why bother? If men were being raped with such frequency and the conviction rate was that low, I believe most of the Justice Department's investigative resources would be geared toward bringing those rapists to justice. I believe that if the Department of Justice created a special agency for investigating sexual assault and rape, state and local law enforcement agencies would follow suit, just as they have done with illegal narcotics investigations (i.e. the drug task-forces they have set up). Think of a woman in your life; your mother, daughter, wife, sister, aunt, niece, etc. In our society today, she stands a very good chance of being raped and very little chance of being served any justice for that rape. The Justice Department needs to do much more to stop sexual assault and rape.
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