My understanding is that very few women lie about rape. Women are rountinely not believed, humiliated by the police, the authorities and the court system.
I can not believe that any woman would bring on false rape charges against a man - the price is enormous. This is why rape statisitics can always be assumed to be low. They do not do not include the rapes that women were afraid to report.
Men rape women in the US military, and the women are usually treated like 'the problem' for speaking out.
Everyone talks about feedom for people of color, indigenous people, the poor, the homeless, and no one mentions us. We are all of the above. Misogyny is the oldest hatred.
Please remember that the War on Women knows no borders. In the United States, a man rapes a woman every three minutes. That is 480 times a day. What rape says to women is this: you have no rights. Period. To be outside, to be on the street, to be in your own home, to be alive.
I am glad you posted this article. In a world with rape, battery, and murder, there is no peace for women.
Emma Martinez, thank you for taking this on.
al-Obeidi may be dead or jailed. If she is in jail, one can only hope they have not raped her again, or totured her, or....?
In the US, only 8% of rapists do jail time. And in Libya?
My understanding is that very few women lie about rape. Women are rountinely not believed, humiliated by the police, the authorities and the court system.
I can not believe that any woman would bring on false rape charges against a man - the price is enormous. This is why rape statisitics can always be assumed to be low. They do not do not include the rapes that women were afraid to report.
Men rape women in the US military, and the women are usually treated like 'the problem' for speaking out.
Everyone talks about feedom for people of color, indigenous people, the poor, the homeless, and no one mentions us. We are all of the above. Misogyny is the oldest hatred.
Please remember that the War on Women knows no borders. In the United States, a man rapes a woman every three minutes. That is 480 times a day. What rape says to women is this: you have no rights. Period. To be outside, to be on the street, to be in your own home, to be alive.
I am glad you posted this article. In a world with rape, battery, and murder, there is no peace for women.