Girl sexually assaulted in high school bathroom: teachers do nothing about it

I thought the interesting part of this thread was the criminal negligence of school officials (assuming the reports of the incidents pan out). I see we're heading in a different direction. Oh well.

That said, the principal etc should be fired.

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Originally posted by remind:
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[url=http://www.metrac.org/new/stat_sex.htm]http://www.metrac.org/new/stat_se...

[url=http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/facts/quick_show_d.cfm?number=65]Stats and info[/url][/b]

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Perhaps more insight would be gained by looking at how many women never report sexual assaults and what the attitudes toward rape are. Statistics wrt convictions probably don't reflect actual number of assaults.

There was a group of young hockey players from Canada who did something to a girl in Michigan while billeted in her parent's home last year. It was smoothed over, and the young men got slaps on the wrists because the girl and her family didn't want anything more to do with it.

[ 30 June 2007: Message edited by: Fidel ]

I was trying to find some stats on what percentage of men or boys commit assaults and came across a link to what looks like a good program of education for young men.

[url=http://www.mystrength.org/5.0.html]My Strength [/url]

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN GARNERS ACCOLADES
“MyStrength” Dubbed Outstanding Social Marketing Campaign (October 20, 2006) Los Angeles–
Just over a year following the launch of the largest sexual violence prevention campaign of its type, CALCASA’s MyStrength campaign is garnering awards in the PR world. Last week, the Los Angeles chapter of the Public Relations Society of America held its annual PRism Awards where the MyStrength campaign won the PRism for best social marketing campaign.
The prestigious PRisms Awards recognize the very best in the strategic public relations programs from the PRSA-LA membership.

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Starting in September 2005, six California rape crisis centers established MOST Clubs at their area high schools, which provide male youth with workshops and opportunities to take leadership roles in sexual violence prevention. MOST Clubs are a promising best practice for preventing first-time perpetration of sexual violence. Established in Washington DC in 2001, MOST Clubs are being evaluated with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MOST Clubs are based on 16-week curriculum that explores alternatives to traditional masculinity and end with MOST Club members participating in community action projects to end sexual violence.

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Another site also had some really good suggestions.

[url=http://www.nycagainstrape.org/survivors_factsheet_4.html]NYC Allaince Against Sexual Assault[/url]

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actsheets: What Men Can Do

Stopping Rape: What Men Can Do

All men can play a vital role in rape prevention. Here are a few of the ways:

Be aware of language. Words are very powerful, especially when spoken by people with power over others. We live in a society in which words are often used to put women down, where calling a girl or woman a "bitch," "freak," "whore," "baby," or "dog" is common. Such language sends a message that females are less than fully human. When we see women as inferior, it becomes easier to treat them with less respect, disregard their rights, and ignore their well-being.

Communicate. Sexual violence often goes hand in hand with poor communication. Our discomfort with talking honestly and openly about sex dramatically raises the risk of rape. By learning effective sexual communication -- stating your desires clearly, listening to your partner, and asking when the situation is unclear -- men make sex safer for themselves and others.

Speak up. You will probably never see a rape in progress, but you will see and hear attitudes and behaviors that degrade women and promote rape. When your best friend tells a joke about rape, say you don't find it funny. When you read an article that blames a rape survivor for being assaulted, write a letter to the editor. When laws are proposed that limit women's rights, let politicians know that you won't support them. Do anything but remain silent.

Support survivors of rape. Rape will not be taken seriously until everyone knows how common it is. In the U.S. alone, more than one million women and girls are raped each year (Rape in America, 1992). By learning to sensitively support survivors in their lives, men can help both women and other men feel safer to speak out about being raped and let the world know how serious a problem rape is.

Contribute your time and money. Join or donate to an organization working to prevent violence against women. Rape crisis centers, domestic violence agencies, and men's anti-rape groups count on donations for their survival and always need volunteers to share the workload.

Talk with women... about how the risk of being raped affects their daily lives; about how they want to be supported if it has happened to them; about what they think men can do to prevent sexual violence. If you're willing to listen, you can learn a lot from women about the impact of rape and how to stop it.

Talk with men... about how it feels to be seen as a potential rapist; about the fact that 10-20% of all males will be sexually abused in their lifetimes; about whether they know someone who's been raped. Learn about how sexual violence touches the lives of men and what we can do to stop it.

Organize. Form your own organization of men focused on stopping sexual violence. Men's anti-rape groups are becoming more and more common around the country, especially on college campuses. If you have the time and the drive, it is a wonderful way to make a difference in your community.

Work against other oppressions. Rape feeds off many other forms of prejudice -- including racism, homophobia, and religious discrimination. By speaking out against any beliefs and behaviors, including rape, that promote one group of people as superior to another and deny other groups their full humanity, you support everyone's equality.

Don't ever have sex with anyone against their will! No matter what. Although statistics show most men never rape, the overwhelming majority of rapists are male. Make a promise to yourself to be a different kind of man -- one who values equality and whose strength is not used for hurting.

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[ 30 June 2007: Message edited by: kropotkin1951 ]

The stats I have found claim that 3% of men admit to sexual assault and 12% of men actually commit it.

[url=http://sa.rochester.edu/masa/multchoice.php]Sexual Assault Quiz[/url]

The stats also show that between 10% and 20% of men are sexually assaulted. so when generalizing about men and rape you end up stero-typing about the same number of victims as rapists as their are real rapists. I have know idea whether it is related to the trauma of being sexually assaulted but I can't stop the emotional response that invokes in me and I bristle as a victim when I get lumped in with the rapists.

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Originally posted by Makwa:
[b]IThe immediate allusion to a racialized crime and the juxtaposition of 'rap' as a suggested cultural identifier given that 'rap' music bothers me as it implies a racial profile which is not being made explicit. How is it assumed that the attackers are of a different 'race' than the victim? Certainly a different religion is implied, but not explicitely stated. I find such a set of assumptions troublesome in the absence of any investigation.[/b]

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I was speaking of the lyics contained in the music, in actual fact. About a month or so ago, well actually it was after the Iverson incident, that Oprah had a special about it, along with the women Professors from Spelman, and some other professionals on discussing the rammifications of word use.

They were speaking about the violence against women contained in the lyrics and how some of it normalizes the violence as acceptable, plus other aspects of it.

One of the links above gives a small amount of information about the violence contained in lyrics, and not just towards women, plus some other info about those who it may or may not affect. I was not bringing race or religion into that phrase at all. [img]rolleyes.gif" border="0[/img]

here is some info and links:

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Some rap groups, such as Arrested Development or Queen Latifah, have expressed their message through a remarkable artistic medium, combining poetry and syntactic elements of language into a powerful message depicting everyday life of black youth in the United States. Rock groups such as Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden have express their music in the light of positive influences, stressing communication and cooperation in dealing with life's problems.

Other varieties of hard-core rock and rap have accentuated vulgar messages of violent encounters with women, often depicting debasing sexual acts. Advertisements for hard core rap and rock usually portray women compromising their dignity: models scantily dressed and displayed in sexually submissive positions. The verbal messages are equally destructive, debasing women as nothing more than sexual objects to be abused and degraded.

Do recording industry promoters and producers have a moral obligation to deny the marketing of socially debasing music? Should the Supreme Court be only a barometer by which generally accepted values are challenged by new forms of expression? Censorship of ideas is unconstitutional under First Amendment rights, and music has always been a reflection of the human conditions which exist. But there is a clear moral statement not to accept the post hoc, ergo propter hoc supposition. Women shouldn't tolerate or condone music which debases their character or dignity

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[url=http://www.aug.edu/fenglish/choice_voice/essays/violence.htm]Rap Music and violence against women[/url]

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GANGSTA MISOGYNY: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE PORTRAYALS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN RAP MUSIC, 1987-1993*

by Edward G. Armstrong
Murray State University
Gangsta rap music is often identified with violent and misogynist lyric portrayals. This article presents the results of a content analysis of gangsta rap music's violent and misogynist lyrics. The gangsta rap music domain is specified and the work of thirteen artists as presented in 490 songs is examined. A main finding is that 22% of gangsta rap music songs contain violent and misogynist lyrics.[b] A deconstructive interpretation suggests that gangsta rap music is necessarily understood within a context of patriarchal hegemony.[/b]

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[url=http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/vol8is2/armstrong.html]http://www.albany...

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Violent Attitudes and Deferred Academic Aspirations: Deleterious Effects of Exposure to Rap Music

James D. Johnson, ‌Lee Anderson Jackson, ‌Leslie Gatto‌

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of exposure to rap music on the attitudes and perceptions of young African-American males. Subjects u were exposed to violent rap music videos, nonviolent rap music videos, or no music videos (controls). They read two vignettes, involving: (a) a violent act perpetrated against a man and a woman, and (b) a young man who chose to engage in academic pursuits to achieve success, whereas his friend, who was unemployed, "mysteriously" obtained extravagant items (i.e., a nice car, nice clothes). Results indicated, first, that when compared to subjects in the nonviolent exposure and control conditions, subjects in the violent exposure conditions expressed greater acceptance of the use of violence. Second, when compared to subjects in the control condition, subjects in the violent condition 'reported a higher probability that they would engage in violence. Third, when compared to the controls, subjects in the violent exposure condition expressed greater acceptance of the use of violence toward the woman. Finally, when compared to the controls, subjects in the rap video exposure conditions were more' likely to say that they wanted to be like the materialistic young man and were less confident that the other young man would achieve his educational goals. Possible basis for and implications of these findings are discussed.

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[url=http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15324834basp1601%262_2?cookieS... study on Rap Music and Vioolence against women.[/url]

Now I am not saying that was the case with these young men, I was discussing it from a broader societal function, as violence against women, particularily young women, has been increasing after years of decreasing.

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Originally posted by kropotkin1951:
[b]The stats I have found claim that 3% of men admit to sexual assault and 12% of men actually commit it.

[url=http://sa.rochester.edu/masa/multchoice.php]Sexual Assault Quiz[/url]

The stats also show that between 10% and 20% of men are sexually assaulted. so when generalizing about men and rape you end up stero-typing about the same number of victims as rapists as their are real rapists. I have know idea whether it is related to the trauma of being sexually assaulted but I can't stop the emotional response that invokes in me and I bristle as a victim when I get lumped in with the rapists.[/b]

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My apologies if you felt I was lumping, I am not, and feel terrible that you would perceive so, again my apologies.

But do have a look at the ones I provided in regards to sexual assault against women by their spouse or significant other. It says that 80% are in the home, and I provided another that says 86% of women have been sexually assaulted. That alone takes the stats well beyond 12% of men. Found numerous other studies citing around the 85% of women they found that have been sexually assaulted, so it appears to be fairly accurate across societies.

If you want to find out more use epidemiology and sexual assault in Google scholar.

Beyond that and back to your stats show 12%, I actually came across a report that said they found 10-20% of men have been sexually assaulted.

[url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/x577347318g146w1/]http://www.springe...

I also found a clinical site that has dozens of rape links from all aspects including against immigrants.[url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=PubMed&term=%22Rape%2Fstatis... with multiple stats links[/url]

[url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid... page of the above link that is very usefull[/url]

It seems to me that there is no shortage of law in this country.

The teacher who brought his or her information to the administration, and the administrators should surely be charged with something. Accessory after the fact? How about rape?

Works for me.

Then they can be fired for absenteism when their asses are in jail for a few years.

But they are professionals. They dress, and talk and look like Judges snd crown atourney's, so they just have to display thier "get out of jail free card"-- the same one given to politicians, and administrators in the Catholic Church, I surmise, and they are free to slime back under their homey damp rocks.

I know what I would have done. And I don't think I am a brave man, particularly.

Maybe it just looks that way because cowardice is the mainstay of the professional class.

I'd like to think that safety mechanisms and contingency plans are in place today more than say ten or fifteen years ago. There were bad teachers and doctors shuffled around the province under the noses of their professional associations not so long ago. Every once in a while an unsuspecting northern town and vice versa would welcome a "new doctor" or teacher. Canadian taxpayers are still funding doctor's malpractice insurance and legal defences in court.