Surviving sexual assault: recognizing, reporting and resources

Surviving sexual assault: recognizing, reporting and resources

One in 33 American men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.  For men, the horrors of abuse can be intensified by cultural stereotypes regarding masculinity, which often drive the talk, or lack of it. Sexual violence can also serve as an assault against ideas about what a man is “supposed” to be. In too…

Video – NZ Police Myths and facts about sexual assault

Video – NZ Police Myths and facts about sexual assault

http://bit.ly/2YbT0TA   Sexual assault myths and facts Myth: Sexual assaults are only committed by strangers. Fact: The majority of people who commit sexual assaults know their victims and in some cases are relations, friends or work colleagues. Partners and spouses can also commit sexual assaults. Myth: Rape is a ‘spur of the moment’ act. Fact: Most rapists plan carefully…

Standing up against sexual assault

Standing up against sexual assault

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/25/sexual-assault-tipping-point-elizabeth-warren-trump When a man gropes you on a subway. If a stranger tells you to smile as you walk down the street. When someone calls you a bitch because you turned them down at a bar. The decision of whether to speak up or push back is made in a split second, and for a…

Sexually assaulted during a massage

Sexually assaulted during a massage

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/what-you-need-to-know-about-massage-sexual-assaults-after-ali-vincents-experience-194829696.html Ali Vincent, winner of The Biggest Loser in 2008, recently shared, in a very personal interview, the trigger behind her subsequent weight gain: the trauma she experienced after being sexually assaulted during a massage. “I was getting a massage and I fell asleep, which I often do with massages,” she recalled, tearing up, on…

Ride sharing and sexual assault

Ride sharing and sexual assault

https://gizmodo.com/lawmakers-want-to-know-how-ridesharing-companies-are-de-1826194681?IR=T They also want to know if the ridesharing companies are keeping records of drivers accused of sexual violence and discrimination, and whether that information is available to users who may hail a ride from them. What’s more, they want to know if, in the event a driver is reported for sexual harassment or discrimination,…

4% is 4% too many

4% is 4% too many

1 in 5 woman will be sexually assaulted while at college while only 4% of college men will be sexual assaulted. This has to Stop. ❌ pic.twitter.com/8MvenM1KXB — OurReality?? (@WomanReality) May 1, 2018 https://www.survivorsuk.org/question/sexual-abuse-of-men-the-myths-the-realities/ Myth: Men cannot be sexually abused by women. Reality: Although the majority of perpetrators are male, men can also be sexually…

Male survivor group MOSAIC part of Wellington effort to combat assault of sex workers

Male survivor group MOSAIC part of Wellington effort to combat assault of sex workers

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/100888983/sex-worker-assault-complaints-will-be-taken-seriously In an attempt to bridge that gap, the head of Hutt Valley Police’s adult sexual assault team, Detective Sergeant Haley Ryan, helped form a working group linking all the agencies together. Ryan hoped coming together “for a common purpose” would lead sex workers to feel more able to report sexual violence and have greater…

#Prison #double #bunking #sexual #assualt

#Prison #double #bunking #sexual #assualt

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/335736/prisoners-lodge-complaints-of-sexual-assault-by-cellmates The Department of Corrections released the data to RNZ under the Official Information Act, following the sentencing of Stephen Mark Gotty for a sex attack. Gotty, a repeat sex offender, was allowed to choose his cellmate, and he sexually attacked the 19-year-old once their cell door was locked on their first night. According to…