Rape Culture in the justice system
Rape Culture in the justice system
This week, one MILLION people signed a petition demanding that Judge Aaron Persky--the judge who prioritized the future of a rapist over the woman he raped--be fired. It's all over the media, and no doubt all over your social media feeds.
But rape culture is bigger than this one instance--and to defeat it, the public needs to understand it. Here's a graphic that shows what rape culture looks like. So check it out, and then help defeat rape culture by sharing it with all your friends!
This week, one MILLION people signed a petition demanding that Judge Aaron Persky--the judge who prioritized the future of a rapist over the woman he raped--be fired. It's all over the media, and no doubt all over your social media feeds.
But rape culture is bigger than this one instance--and to defeat it, the public needs to understand it. Here's a graphic that shows what rape culture looks like. So check it out, and then help defeat rape culture by sharing it with all your friends!
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Sources:
1. Reporting Sexual Assault: Why Survivors Often Don't, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, retrieved June 8, 2016
2. Tens of thousands of rape kits go untested across USA, USA Today, July 7, 2015
3. Top Ten Things Advocates Need to Know, University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women, December 2011
4. The Psychological Impact of Rape Victims' Experiences with Legal, Medical, and Mental Health Systems, American Psychologist, November 2008
5. Males Are More Likely to Suffer Sexual Assault Than Be Falsely Accused Of It, Huffington Post, December 8, 2014
6. 97 of every 100 Rapists Receive No Punishment, RAINN Analysis Says, RAINN, March 27, 2012