In 2006, Tarana Burke founded the #metoo movement to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low wealth communities, find pathways to healing. Using the idea of “empowerment through empathy,” the #metoo movement was ultimately created to ensure survivors know they're not alone in their journey. ~Metoo MvMt
"Sexual violence, rape, sexual assault, and sexual coercion are terms that refer to a range of nonconsensual sexual acts obtained through coercion, incapacitation, threats, or force. "- The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality.
"Sexual violence and abuse includes a range of sexually coercive behaviors such as rape and other nonconsensual touching of a sexual nature, child molestation, exposing oneself or “flashing,” sexual harassment, and the mutilation of genitalia.."- World of Sociology
We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out
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"From young activists at the forefront of the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses, a collection of survivor stories that will connect with students and inform and inspire us all Across the U.S. student activists are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual assault on college campuses. Every day more survivors come forward. But other survivors choose not to. We Believe You elevates the stories the headlines about this issue have been missing--more than 30 experiences of trauma, healing and everyday activism, representing a diversity of races, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities, immigration statuses, interests, capacities and loves. More than 1 in 5 women and 5 percent of men are sexually assaulted at college, a shocking status quo that might have stayed largely hidden and unaddressed but for the two authors of We Believe You.
Campus Sexual Assault: College Women Respond
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A 2014 report issued by the White House Council on Women and Girls included the alarming statistic that one in five female college students in the United States experience some form of campus sexual assault. Despite more than fifty years of anti-rape activism and over two decades of federal legislation regarding campus sexual violence, sexual assault on American college and university campuses remains prevalent, under-reported, and poorly understood. A principle reason for this lack of understanding is that the voices of women who have experienced campus sexual assault have been largely absent from academic discourse about the issue.
Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence within Activist Communities
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The Revolution Starts at Home is as urgently needed today as when it was first published. This watershed collection breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the “secret” of intimate violence within social justice circles. Just as importantly, it provides practical strategies for dealing with abuse and creating safety without relying on the coercive power of the state. It offers life-saving alternatives for survivors, while building a movement where no one is left behind.
Hunting Girls: Sexual Violence from The Hunger Games to Campus Rape
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Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games), Bella Swan (Twilight), Tris Prior (Divergent), and other strong and resourceful characters have decimated the fairytale archetype of the helpless girl waiting to be rescued. Giving as good as they get, these young women access reserves of aggression to liberate themselves—but who truly benefits? By meeting violence with violence, are women turning victimization into entertainment? Are they playing out old fantasies, institutionalizing their abuse?
In Hunting Girls, Kelly Oliver examines popular culture's fixation on representing young women as predators and prey and the implication that violence—especially sexual violence—is an inevitable, perhaps even celebrated, part of a woman's maturity. In such films as Kick-Ass (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and Maleficent (2014), power, control, and danger drive the story, but traditional relationships of care bind the narrative, and even the protagonist's love interest adds to her suffering. To underscore the threat of these depictions, Oliver locates their manifestation of violent sex in the growing prevalence of campus rape, the valorization of woman's lack of consent, and the new urgency to implement affirmative consent apps and policies.
Perspectives on College Sexual Assault: Perpetrator, Victim, and Bystander
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This collection of highly acclaimed research articles, published in the peer-reviewed journal Violence and Victims, disseminates state-of-the-art information about sexual violence on campus. It addresses the controversy surrounding statistics on the prevalence of college sexual assault and its tendency to go unreported, as well as contention regarding university policies and response (or lack thereof) by administrators.
Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do About It
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In Asking for It, Kate Harding combines in-depth research with an in-your-face voice to make the case that twenty-first-century America supports rapists more effectively than it supports victims. Drawing on real-world examples of what feminists call "rape culture"—from politicos' revealing gaffes to institutional failures in higher education and the military—Harding offers ideas and suggestions for how we, as a society, can take sexual violence much more seriously without compromising the rights of the accused.
Sexual Harassment and Sex Offenders: Patterns, Coping Strategies of Victims and Psychological Implications
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In the United States there are 237,868 victims of reported rape and sexual assault per year, with a sexual offense occurring every two minutes. Public fear of sexual violence has increased in recent decades causing policymakers to develop new laws in order to control and monitor sex offenders to prevent victimization. The laws and policies that address sexual offending are often punitive and involve restrictive and intrusive measures. This book discusses patterns, coping strategies, and psychological implications of harassment and sexual offenders.
Sexual Assault: Prevalence, Health Effects, and Coping Strategies
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Sexual victimization is highly prevalent in the United States, with 63% of women and 24% of men reporting experiences of sexual victimization in their lifetime. Given the wide range of deleterious outcomes associated with sexual victimization investigations focused on identifying factors associated with negative health outcomes stemming from sexual victimization have great clinical and public health significance. This book provides new research on the prevalence, health effects and coping strategies of sexual assault.
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