Gross.Going to college and taking criminal justice classes was the first time I had really been exposed to sexual assault crimes. It's not talked about in lower levels of education. I'm constantly surprised by the statistics that I read.
When I read through this site's statistics I was shocked. One in five Maine residents have been the victim of rape or attempted rape. What? I started to wonder how Maine stacked up against the rest of the nation. After continuing to read through the stats offered by Maine's Coalition Against Sexual Assault, I was pleased to find those statistics listed on the same page.
Domestic violence and sexual assault are the two categories of crime where the focus is placed so heavily on the gender disproportion. Women are more likely to be the victims with men being the offenders. It's unlike other crimes which are usually perpetrated by men against men. It's discrimination. It's what feminists insist are the ever-present ideals that men are superior to women and women are property - analogous to a dog that needs discipline. Women have often been blamed for the crimes against them.
Sad.There needs to be more education. It needs to be talked about. So many victims become victims before they're out of high school. And sexual assault on college campuses is a huge problem on its own.
We should move away from victim blaming as a society.
The following link will bring you to a YouTube video of a movie trailer for The Invisible War which was nominated for an Academy Award as well as a ton of others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3fBaFQk6aE0
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