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Rape culture and gendered violence
22 October 2019 at 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Toxic masculinity and the hetero-normative dominant culture in our institutions has created a “rape culture” environment leaving victims not believed when they report an attack. The #MeToo solidarity campaign has shown just how pervasive misogyny and gendered violence is at all levels of society.
When Cambridge students attempted to obstruct a fascist and sexist group from holding meetings on campus they were not supported by the institute. Warwick University experienced a similar case in Feb of this year, See https://www.rs21.org.uk/2019/02/12/warwicks-shame/
Cambridge rs21 will host an open forum discussion on “Rape Culture & Gendered Violence” to discuss how we can overturn this status quo.
Key Statistics from RapeCrisis.org.uk
* In the year to the end of March 2017, the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated:
* 20% of women and 4% of men have experienced some type of sexual assault since the age of 16, equivalent to 3.4 million female and 631,000 male victims
* 3.1% of women (510,000) and 0.8% of men (138,000) aged 16 to 59 had experienced a sexual assault in the last year.
In January 2013, An Overview of Sexual Offending in England and Wales, the first ever joint official statistics bulletin on sexual violence released by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Home Office, revealed:
* Approximately 85,000 women and 12,000 men (aged 16 – 59) experience rape, attempted rape or sexual assault by penetration in England and Wales alone every year; that’s roughly 11 of the most serious sexual offences (of adults alone) every hour.
* Only around 15% of those who experience sexual violence report to the police
* Approximately 90% of those who are raped know the perpetrator prior to the offence
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