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Gender and Violence

Gender and Violence. Alison Herlihy Emily Perkins Holly Ekstrom Alexandria Miller. Gender and Violence. Every 2 minute a person is sexually assaulted in America 2/3 assaults are committed by a friend or acquaintance. 1/5 American women will be sexual assault victims

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Gender and Violence

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  1. Gender and Violence Alison Herlihy Emily Perkins Holly Ekstrom Alexandria Miller

  2. Gender and Violence • Every 2 minute a person is sexually assaulted in America • 2/3 assaults are committed by a friend or acquaintance. • 1/5 American women will be sexual assault victims • 1/4 American women who attend college will be sexually assaulted, 9/10 of them will know their attacker. • 1/71 American men will be sexual assault victims

  3. Gender and Violence • Through normative socialization women and minority groups are placed at a disadvantage socially. • Men and women have unequal power in society. • Ideals surrounding gender roles and masculinity. • Place emphasis on male aggression and dominance and female submission and passivism.

  4. Socialization of Gender • The process of learning the social expectations of your gender. • Occurs through: • Parents • School • Peers • Mass media • Different social roles: • Girls – ex. baking, cleaning • Boys – ex. mowing the lawn, taking out the trash • Young girls are taught that when a boy is mean to you or teases you it means he likes you.

  5. Women and the Media • A society that objectifies and commodifies women contributes to a culture of violence against them • Pop culture and the media are huge sources of degrading stereotypes and attitudes towards women • The media uses images of sexualized women to sell products • Pop and hip hop music often times sexualizes and dehumanizes women, portraying them as sexual objects available for the use of men

  6. rainn.org • Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network • Created National Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE • Focus on education to prevent sexual assault • Website includes background information, statistics, news, and policies • tips on getting help for yourself and loved ones

  7. Voices Set Free • Nonprofit founded by Louise Bauschard in 1997. • Focused on providing mental health aid, family counseling, parent and child support, and peer-to-peer coaching for victims of sexual assault.

  8. Make Your Move Missoula • Recently created in Missoula • Launched an eye catching ad campaign aiming to raise awareness about sexual violence in the small town • Gathered a large following on social media networks and intend to spread the message all over Missoula • Campaign shames rapists rather then blames victims • Common phrases used by attackers are turned into mantras of support and aid

  9. Green Dot Program at UP • Power based personal violence • violence that has as a primary motivator the assertion of power, control and/or intimidation in order to harm another • Red dot= any act, perpetrator or victim of PBPV • Green dot =your individual choice at any given moment to make our campus a safer place • Direct, delegate, distract

  10. References • http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/sv-datasheet-a.pdf

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